Potential Medicaid Disability Service Reductions: State Perspectives
Survey Results: State Perspectives on Potential Medicaid Disability Service Reductions – CHCS Blog; Center for Health Care Strategies – February 24.
Medicaid Fraud – CMS Announces RFI on its CRUSH Initiative
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Request for Information (RFI) Related to its Comprehensive Regulations To Uncover Suspicious Healthcare (CRUSH) Initiative; HCBS authority mentioned, page 16. behavioral health services and personal care services mentioned, page 15 – February 25.
Understanding Medicaid Home Care Amid CMS Focus on Potential Fraud and Abuse
Understanding Medicaid Home Care Amid CMS Focus on Potential Fraud and Abuse paper; Kaiser Family Foundation – February 24.
Medicaid Home-and-Community-Based Services (HCBS) – New Waiver Opportunity
New 1915(c) Waiver Opportunity under One, Big, Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) summary; National Health Law Program – February 17.
Money Follows the Person Program and Long-Term Services and Supports Rebalancing: Opportunities for States
Money Follows the Person: History, Function, and Case Studies; Brandies Community Living Policy Center program status summary, February 28.
Money Follows the Person Program and Long-Term Services and Supports Rebalancing: Opportunities for States (2)
Past Webinars – Community Living Policy Center webinar materials; Brandies, The Heller School Community Living Policy Center – January 29.
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Announces Changes to Money Follows the Person Program
Changes to the Money Follows the Person Program Announced; The National Association of State Directors of Developmental Disabilities Services (NASDDDS) shared CMS changes – shared February 25.
Medicaid Reconciliation Law (HR 1): Work and Community Engagement Requirements – State Choices in Medical Frailty
State Choices in Medical Frailty Work Requirement Exemption Can Keep Eligible People Covered paper; Center on Budget and Policy Priorities – February 25.
Medicaid Reconciliation Law (HR 1): Work and Community Engagement Requirements – Practical Steps To Prevent Coverage Loss
Preparing for Medicaid Work Requirements blog; Corporation for Supportive Housing (CSH) – February 26.
Medicaid Reconciliation Law (HR 1): Work and Community Engagement Requirements
Medicaid Reconciliation Law (HR 1): Work and Community Engagement Requirements – National Health Council (NHC) to Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); AAHD is a National Health Council member. Available here is the February 23 NHC letter to CMS on required Medicaid work and community engagement.
Medicaid Reconciliation Law (HR 1): Work and Community Engagement Requirements – Leveraging Tech Enabled Innovation To Support Medicaid Enrollees in Navigating Work Requirements
Health Affairs Forefront | Leveraging Tech-Enabled Innovation to Support Medicaid Enrollees in Navigating Work Requirements Blog; Center for Health Care Strategies (CHCS) – February 25.
Opposing CMS Rescission of Nursing Home Minimum Staffing Rule
Opposing Center for Medicare and Medicare Services (CMS) Rescission of Nursing Home Minimum Staffing Rule letter to CMS); AAHD and the Lakeshore Foundation have joined 93 organizations, led by the National Consumer Voice for Quality Long-Term Care, opposing CMS rescission of the nursing home minimum staffing rule. 18 States Attorney Generals have written CMS announcing their opposition to rescission of the rule. 7 U.S. Senators have introduced legislation to legislatively re-establish nursing home minimum staffing rules. AAHD web posting: February 24.
Open-Source Medicaid Data Release – Summary of Data and Implications
Before You Cry ‘Fraud’: What DOGE’s Open-Source Medicaid Data Is (and Isn’t) project analysis; Manatt 80 Million project – February 20.
What Newly Released Medicaid Data Do and Don’t Tell Us
What Newly Released Medicaid Data Do and Don’t Tell Us paper; Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) paper – February 20.
Medicaid Dental Coverage, 2010-2021
Fluctuating State Medicaid Dental Coverage: Asymmetric Impact Of Benefit Cuts And Expansions, 2010–21 article; Health Affairs – February 23.
Medicare Fraud Initiative – Nation Wide Temporary Moratoria on DMEPOS Suppliers
Federal Register Notice: Medicare, Medicaid, and Children’s Health Insurance Programs: Announcement of Nationwide Temporary Moratoria on Enrollment of Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies (DMEPOS) Supplier Medical Supply Companies; Center on Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Federal Register– February 27.
Medicare Advantage and Medicare Part D Medications Proposed Rules – Comments
Medicare Advantage and Medicare Part D Medications Proposed Rules Comments; AAHD and the Lakeshore Foundation have joined the Medicare Access for Patients Rx (MAPRx) Coalition comments to CMS on proposed Medicare Advantage and Medicare Part D medication rules – February 25.
No Quality-Adjusted Life Years (QALYs) Methodologies in Proposed CMS Medicare Medication Cost Models
No Quality-Adjusted Life Years (QALYs) Methodologies in Proposed CMS Medicare Medication Cost Models letters; AAHD and the Lakeshore Foundation have joined 119 organizations, led by the Partnership To Improve Patient Care (PIPC), advocating no use of the QALY (Quality-Adjusted Life Years) methodologies in two proposed CMS Medicare Medication Cost Models – GUARD and GLOBE – February 23.
Patient Advocates Request Withdrawal of CMS Medicare GUARD Medication Cost Model
Patient Advocates Request Withdrawal of CMS Medicare GUARD Medication Cost Model letter to CMS; AAHD and the Lakeshore Foundation have joined the Medicare Access for Patients Rx (MAPRx) Coalition, which includes EFA, NAMI, and the National Health Council, requesting CMS to strengthen the existing Medicare Part D medications program rather than launch a new medications program that does not contain existing and needed patient access protections – February 23.
Medicare Behavioral Health Integration Services – Payment Codes
MLN909432 – Behavorial Health Integration Services booklet; Center on Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) -Medicare Learning Network (MLN) shared February 21 by National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors (NASMHPD).
Community Health Workers – State Rural Health Transformation Programs
Rural Health Transformation Program: State Focus on Community Health Workers blog; National Academy for State Health Policy – February 23.