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More Medicaid Matching Funds for Only Partial Medicaid Expansion?
/0 Comments/in Affordable Care Act, Medicaid, private safety-net hospitals /by Joseph SteinbockThe federal government is considering providing an unusual amount of federal Medicaid matching funding for only partial state Medicaid expansion. At least that’s what Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services administrator Seema Verma told a health care conference in Georgia last week. The state of Georgia has proposes partially expanding its Medicaid population. Under the […]
Tackling Social Determinants of Health
/0 Comments/in Medicaid, social determinants of health /by Joseph SteinbockTwo states are working to address social determinants of health through their Medicaid programs. In California and Oregon, the state Medicaid programs are using care coordination and funding from multiple sources, including traditional Medicaid funding, alternative payment approaches, and savings from care coordination to provide services such as housing, food, and legal assistance while also […]
CMS Speeds Up Medicaid Review Process
/0 Comments/in Medicaid /by Joseph SteinbockThe federal government has greatly increased the speed with which it is reviewing and approving state applications to modify their Medicaid programs. Most often, such applications involve Medicaid state plan amendments and section 1915 waiver requests. According to a recent post on the CMS blog (in CMS’s own words), Between calendar years 2016 and 2018, […]
New Poverty Level Standards to Jeopardize Medicaid Eligibility?
/0 Comments/in Medicaid, private safety-net hospitals /by Joseph SteinbockThe Trump administration is considering changing how the federal government measures inflation for the purpose of calculating the federal poverty level. Such a change, if implemented, could potentially reduce inflation-related increases in the federal poverty level, which in turn could limit the ability of some individuals and families to qualify, or continue to qualify, for […]
MACPAC Seeks Input on IMDs
/0 Comments/in MACPAC, Medicaid /by Joseph SteinbockA 2018 law calls for the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission to report to Congress on institutions for mental diseases, or IMDs, receiving Medicaid payments. The law specifies that MACPAC solicit input from a variety of sources, including the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, state Medicaid and mental health agencies and authorities, […]