As states face a growing youth mental health crisis, they have relied on the American Rescue Plan Act to support initiatives that broaden access to care, according to a report from the Georgetown...
Major payers have released their earnings reports from the fourth quarter of 2021, which revealed the continued impacts of the coronavirus pandemic, highlighted mergers and acquisitions deals, and made...
Adolescents enrolled in Medicaid who had substance abuse-related experiences, including opioid use disorder, had high rates of medical visits but were unlikely to receive substance abuse care,...
The uninsurance rate in 2021 fell below pre-pandemic levels, according to a report from the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation’s (ASPE) Office of Health Policy. CMS followed up by...
A handful of the largest private payers are evenly split regarding whether they provide direct coverage for at-home COVID-19 testing, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) which assessed both...
Medicaid plans have a key role to play in improving access to care and health equity for the LGBTQI+ community, according to a report from the Association for Community Affiliated Plans...
By implementing the CHIP coverage option for immigrants and their children, policymakers can help reduce maternal and infant mortality and ensure that pregnant individuals receive adequate prenatal...
Prerelease Medicaid enrollment assistance for incarcerated individuals who have substance use disorders can help improve outpatient utilization after release, a study published in JAMA Open Network...
Personalized phone calls improved enrollment results among certain subgroups enrolling in California’s Affordable Care Act marketplace and the intervention had a positive return on investment,...
CMS has revoked the state of Georgia’s ability to impose work requirements or cost-sharing for Medicaid eligibility.
CMS had approved the Georgia Pathways to Coverage section 1115 demonstration...
CMS has released the latest 2022 enrollment data for the Affordable Care Act marketplace and the most recent 2021 public payer enrollment data for Medicare, Medicaid and Children’s Health...
Medicaid managed care organizations (MCOs) may be better equipped to address members’ social determinants of health and health equity compared to fee-for-service models, according to a report...
Adjusting the Medicaid asset test to accurately reflect inflation levels could increase Medicaid eligibility for low-income, elderly, and disabled Medicare beneficiaries, according to a Health Affairs...
States that implemented Medicaid expansion saw reductions in all-cause mortality rates compared to nonexpansion states, a study from the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California...
If the continuous enrollment policy from the coronavirus pandemic becomes a thing of the past, policymakers will need to find new mechanisms to control the Medicaid enrollment churn rate, a Kaiser...
Mississippi could achieve lower state Medicaid spending over the course of five years by expanding its Medicaid program with the American Rescue Plan boost to federal matching, a Manatt Health white...
As the weather gets colder and the Omicron variant of the coronavirus emerges in the United States, the Biden administration has released an action plan that included steps to expand COVID-19 testing...
Transitioning elderly and disabled Medicaid beneficiaries from fee-for-service Medicaid to a managed care model may lead to improved health outcomes and more than $100 billion of savings for states and...
Advance premium tax credits and other coronavirus policies may have bolstered access to coverage during the pandemic, a RAND Corporation report stated.
The researchers simulated nonelderly adult...
CMS announced that Virginia is expanding its postpartum Medicaid coverage.
“It is a privilege to partner with the Commonwealth of Virginia to expand access to life-saving postpartum coverage and...
