New Director for Iowa’s Medicaid Program
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds names Elizabeth Matney as the new Director of Iowa’s Medicaid program.
Report Shows Medicare Beneficiaries Satisfied with Coverage
The 2019 Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey’s (MCBS) preliminary report was released with data on quality of care, access to care, and cost of care, among other topics.
CMS Delays 2% Medicare Sequester Cuts Through 2021
CMS announced suspension of the 2% Medicare sequester cuts will last through Dec. 31, 2021, and it will release all claims held since the start of April.
Permanent ACA Subsidy Can Lead to Uninsurance Drop
CMS extends the deadline for interested applicants to apply to Primary Care First Model Cohort 2 for both payer applications and practice applications.
Primary Care First Model Application Deadline Extended
CMS extends the deadline for interested applicants to apply to Primary Care First Model Cohort 2 for both payer applications and practice applications.
Managed Long-Term Service and Supports – A New Experienced Review
New Blog Series Launch: Looking at 25 states’ MLTSS managed care programs from an advocate-centered point of view
CMS Releases 2021 Marketplace Special Enrollment Period Report
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services report that over 525,000 Americans signed up for health insurance from the start of the 2021 Marketplace Special Enrollment Period through March 31, 2021.
GPDC Model Participants for 2021 Announced
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation announced the 53 Global and Professional Direct Contracting (GPDC) Model Participants for Performance Year 2021
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Announces Strategy to Tackle Inequality in American Healthcare System
AHRQ is acutely aware of the enduring racial, ethnic, socioeconomic, and geographic disparities embedded in the American healthcare system and has three ways to contribute to solutions.
Shift to Value-Based Care Highlighted in National Alliance Purchaser Survey
The National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions recently released the results of their survey “Pulse of the Purchaser 2021-2023 Directions in Workforce, Benefits, Health Equity,” completed by 151 employers and purchasers nationwide.