MACPAC Issues Recommendations to Congress
The Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission has submitted its annual report to Congress on Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program. The report includes recommendations for: improving Medicaid’s responsiveness during economic downturns addressing concerns about high rates of [...]
Coronavirus Update for Friday, March 19
The following is the latest COVID-19 information from the federal government as of 3:00 p.m. on Friday, March 19. White House The White House has posted a transcript of the March 17 press briefing provided by its COVID-19 response team and [...]
MedPAC: Go Slow on Expanding Medicare Telehealth
MedPAC wants Medicare to test the impact of telehealth on health care under non-COVID-19 conditions before moving forward with expanding the tool’s use in the Medicare population. In a news release accompanying its recently released annual report to Congress on [...]
House to Consider Extending Medicare Sequester Delay
The moratorium on the two percent sequestration of Medicare payments could be extended under a bill the House may consider this week. If adopted, the bill would extend the sequester delay for nine months, providing financial relief that many health [...]
Coronavirus Update for Tuesday, March 16
The following is the latest COVID-19 information from the federal government as of 2:45 p.m. on Tuesday, March 16. White House The White House has posted a transcript of the March 15 press briefing provided by its COVID-19 response team and [...]
Medicaid Work Requirements on the Way Out?
Medicaid work requirements appear to be going away in the wake of the Supreme Court agreeing to a Biden administration request to postpone arguments in a case brought by the Trump administration seeking to reverse previous court rulings blocking implementation [...]
Coronavirus Update for Friday, March 12
The following is the latest COVID-19 information from the federal government as of 3:30 p.m. on Friday, March 12. White House President Biden announced his administration’s objective of making every American eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine by May 1. See [...]
Coronavirus Update for Thursday, March 11
The following is the latest COVID-19 information from the federal government as of 2:45 p.m. on Thursday, March 11. White House The White House has posted a transcript of the March 10 press briefing provided by its COVID-19 response team and [...]
2019 Change in Public Charge Rule to Disappear
Shortly after taking office the Biden administration stopped enforcing 2019 changes in the so-called public charge rule and now the Supreme Court has agreed to a Justice Department request to dismiss an upcoming case challenging that rule. The public charge [...]
MedPAC Meets
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission met in Washington, D.C. last week to discuss various Medicare payment issues. Among the issues discussed at MedPAC’s March meeting were: Medicare beneficiary access to care in rural areas skilled nursing facility value-based purchasing program [...]
