Insurer participation in the Affordable Care Act marketplace may contribute to a lack of health equity, at least in the early days of the Affordable Care Act individual marketplace, a study published...
Most Medicaid programs offer coverage for basic maternal health services and many have initiatives planned to expand the scope of benefits, according to a report from the Kaiser Family Foundation...
AHIP has expressed its support for a request from the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and CMS to the Federal Communications Commission, which seeks confirmation of the agencies’...
CMS has updated its website, Medicare.gov, to include new features such as highlighting pages that answer popular questions and spotlighting key steps that consumers should take related to Medicare...
Member engagement may be lacking for Medicaid plans, as only 56 percent of beneficiaries reported receiving helpful information about Medicaid redetermination or re-enrollment, according to a survey...
Most office-based physicians accept both new Medicare patients and new privately insured patients, indicating that Medicare beneficiaries have similar access to physicians as individuals with private...
CareOregon and the Alliance for Culturally Specific Behavioral Health Providers have developed an alternative payment model that seeks to empower culturally specific provider services.
The newest...
Editor's Note 05/13/2022: This article has been corrected to indicate that AIDS Alabama and CHLPI filed an administrative complaint against Alabama Medicaid. A previous version said that the...
Medicaid can help reduce youth homelessness among individuals with behavioral health needs by expanding coverage, incentivizing cross-agency coordination, and increasing plan oversight and...
The premium subsidies under the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) provide significant financial assistance to individuals living in rural areas who were more likely to see higher health insurance...
The Massachusetts Medicaid program can use a variety of strategies that it might implement in order to reduce coverage loss after the public health emergency lifts, according to a brief from the Blue...
Around one-third of primary care and specialty physicians that contracted with Medicaid managed care plans saw fewer than ten Medicaid beneficiaries over a year, suggesting that network adequacy...
The CMS telehealth waiver that expanded coverage for virtual care services during the COVID-19 pandemic helped increase access to virtual care for Medicare beneficiaries in disadvantaged neighborhoods,...
The number of Medicare beneficiaries enrolled in the Medicare Savings Programs and receiving Part D low-income subsidies varied by state, as states have the individual power to expand eligibility and...
CMS has released its strategy for health equity, which is the first pillar in the agency’s strategic vision.
“Advancing health equity is the core work of the Centers for Medicare &...
Noncitizens are more likely to be uninsured, including immigrants who are lawfully present in the US, a Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) issue brief determined.
In 2020, 24 percent of the nonelderly...
Out-of-pocket costs may dissuade Medicare beneficiaries from initiating treatment with high-price Part D specialty drugs, as beneficiaries without low-income subsidies were less likely to fill a new...
Medicaid expansion was associated with a significant increase in health insurance coverage for low-income individuals with recent criminal legal involvement, according to a study published in JAMA...
The uninsured population may increase by more than 3 million if policymakers do not extend the premium tax credits under the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), according to an Urban Institute issue...
LA Care Health Plan is combatting the provider workforce shortage and improving access to care by issuing provider recruitment grants, the payer announced.
The payer is distributing $1.75 million...
