States Introduce Changes on Medicaid Unwinding
With more than five million people already dropped from state Medicaid rolls and the federal government telling them they are not doing a good job, some states are introducing changes in how they review the eligibility of their Medicaid population [...]
Hospitals Continue to Protest Huge Medicare DSH Cut
The regulation has already been finalized but hospitals continue to protest Medicare’s intention to reduce their Medicare disproportionate share (Medicare DSH) uncompensated care payments. The cut, proposed at $115 million in April, when the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services [...]
Feds Pointing Fingers on Medicaid Unwinding Shortcomings
After months of vague, general assertions about shortcomings in states’ efforts to redetermine the eligibility of their Medicaid participants as part of the post-pandemic continuous Medicaid unwinding process, the federal government is now revealing which states are having problems – [...]
Federal Health Policy Update for August 10
The following is the latest health policy news from the federal government for August 4-10. Some of the language used below is taken directly from government documents. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services CMS has temporarily suspended the federal Independent [...]
Federal Health Policy Update for August 3
The following is the latest health policy news from the federal government for July 29-August 3. Some of the language used below is taken directly from government documents. Medicare Payment Regulations CMS has issued a final rule updating Medicare payment [...]
Millions Cut From Medicaid, CHIP Rolls
Nearly four million Americans have already had their Medicaid or CHIP eligibility terminated as part of the so-called Medicaid unwinding process, according to data compiled by KFF Health News from state and federal sources. That figure, moreover, accounts for only [...]
Federal Health Policy Update for July 28
The following is the latest health policy news from the federal government for July 21 -28. Some of the language used below is taken directly from government documents. Medicare Payment Regulations CMS has published a final rule to update Medicare [...]
HHS Review Questions Medicaid Managed Care Plans
Medicaid managed care plans may be shortchanging their members on care – or so suggests a new review by the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Inspector General. According to the OIG, the Medicaid managed care plans [...]
Some States Struggling With Medicaid Eligibility Redeterminations
As many as 12 states have struggled to comply with federal guidelines for redetermining eligibility of their Medicaid population – enough so that the federal government has had to intervene. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has reportedly halted [...]
Federal Health Policy Update for July 20
The following is the latest health policy news from the federal government for March 13-16. Some of the language used below is taken directly from government documents. Congress Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and [...]
