New CMS regulations around Medicaid managed care include several major changes regarding network adequacy, beneficiary protection, quality, and payment, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation...
Coronavirus vaccine coverage is a complex subject, as it spans multiple patient populations that typically receive vaccine coverage in different ways, a Kaiser Family Foundation brief elucidated.
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States that did not opt into Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) experienced worse emergency access to acute care hospitals compared to states that did, according to recent...
Aetna’s new partnership leverages the pharmacist-patient relationship to improve Aetna’s Medicaid member engagement and better address social determinants of health, CVS Health announced...
States can use Medicaid expansion and additional Medicaid policies—such as beginning Medicaid eligibility determinations pre-release and suspending Medicaid coverage during incarceration—to...
Poor maternal and infant care access can have deadly implications for new mothers and their babies, but Medicaid expansion efforts can improve three key prenatal and postpartum health indicators, a...
Differences between Medicaid expansion and nonexpansion states go beyond whether states opted into the Affordable Care Act allowance, a Health Affairs study found. Researchers have discovered Medicaid...
The coronavirus pandemic has forced social determinants of health even further into the spotlight and Medicaid programs have responded to the increasing demands with innovative solutions, a Manatt...
CMS has released its Medicare reimbursement rate and official coverage strategy for the coronavirus vaccine when one is approved.
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States with lower incomes per capita often receive funding from higher income states through Medicaid and CHIP federal funding. But some low-income states without Medicaid expansion end up contributing...
The number of uninsured children in Louisiana in 2019 was 28.2 percent higher than its low number of uninsured children in 2017, following a national trend in childhood uninsurance, the Louisiana...
States use Affordable Care Act flexibilities in innovative ways to set definitions for curative care, implement reimbursement models, and care coordination in Medicaid pediatric care for children with...
The public charge rule, which allows for citizenship denial to certain groups of immigrants who use US safety-net programs, may have led to thousands of children being uninsured when the coronavirus...
The link between Medicaid enrollment and unemployment has not been substantiated so far during the pandemic but, rather, varied largely based on state policies, a report published in Health Affairs...
Children’s health insurance coverage is not stable even under the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), a recent study published in Health Affairs discovered.
“The current...
Under Medicaid expansion, Texas could receive around $5.4 billion from the federal government to cover Medicaid costs. The state could also cover a larger portion of its significant uninsured...
Temporary Medicaid coronavirus flexibilities and funding may be about to expire and CMS needs to be clearer about transition guidelines in order to help states be prepared, Kaiser Family Foundation...
Minorities may see a sharper loss in employer-sponsored health insurance than White populations in America, which would drive racial coverage and health disparities even deeper, a recent report from...
CMS has issued a letter to Medicaid directors regarding how states can accelerate their Medicaid value-based care adoption, based largely on lessons learned in CMS efforts toward value-based care in...
Concerns over provisions of the Medicaid Fiscal Accountability Rule (MFAR) have compelled CMS to rescind the rule proposed last November.
In a tweet late Monday, CMS Administrator Seema Verma...
