HHS and CMS announced that Hawaii, Maryland, and Ohio have been approved to extend Medicaid postpartum coverage for 12 months after pregnancy, increasing maternal healthcare access for an additional...
Medicaid expansion can alter the characteristics of states’ Medicaid populations, which is a factor that policymakers need to consider when formulating standards for quality of care and patient...
Treatment initiation rates for hepatitis C indicate care disparities for individuals who are not White as well as those who are younger and male individuals, a report from the Centers for Disease...
When the Senate passed the Inflation Reduction Act on August 4, 2022, payers and payer organizations met the proposed law with largely positive reactions, though some payer groups pointed out areas...
The presence of long COVID may spur changes in health insurance coverage, as people with employer-sponsored health plans may have to cut back their hours or stop working, according to data from the...
The national uninsurance rate has dropped to eight percent, a record-breaking low for the US, according to data from the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation’s Office of Health Policy...
CMS has issued guidance for state Medicaid programs about how to use the Medicaid health home benefit to support children with complex medical conditions.
“This new state plan option is about...
The Oregon Medicaid program’s provider directories may have included hundreds or thousands of providers who never saw Medicaid enrollees, according to a Health Affairs...
Despite the growing number of people receiving healthcare coverage from Medicaid, Medicaid beneficiaries faced barriers to accessing cancer care at high-quality facilities, a study published in JAMA...
Most states expect seniors and people with disabilities to lose Medicaid coverage once the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) ends, citing income changes and the inability to contact beneficiaries...
The American Rescue Plan Act established enhanced tax credits that boosted New York’s state health insurance marketplace enrollment, but the end of those tax credits could lead to a spike in...
Health Net, a subsidiary of Centene and a payer partner of California’s Medicaid program known as Medi-Cal, has released an issue brief outlining some best practices for providing community...
The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released new resources through CMS, aiming to improve the quality of care that Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP)...
The children’s uninsurance rate may escalate after the end of the public health emergency, barring policy changes, according to an article published by Urban Institute.
The researchers used...
Despite CMS efforts to expand oversight of Medicaid managed care direct payments and the US Government Accountability Office’s (GAO’s) previous recommendations to improve processes, the...
The expiration of the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) premium subsidies and the return of Medicaid redeterminations will likely result in 2023 premium rate changes for individual and small group health...
Beneficiaries may face barriers to substance abuse care when states impose prior authorizations for substance use disorder treatments, but a broad range of policies can influence Medicaid...
Community health plans and safety net health plans have a crucial role to play in advancing health equity, according to a report from the Association for Community Affiliated Plans...
While reviewing health care spending statistics between White and Black Medicaid enrollees, JAMA researchers found disparities that showed lower service use and lower Medicaid spending among the Black...
CMS and the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that three states plus Washington, DC have received approvals for plans to extend Medicaid postpartum coverage for a full year due...
