The Affordable Care Act (ACA) hit a new milestone this week after posting record gains in insurance enrollment among minority communities.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued five reports demonstrating these gains through the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation. These include studies...National News
The U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Labor (DOL) published a report on the home and community-based caregiver workforce.
The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) published the Issue Brief in response to an executive order from President Biden on increasing access to high-quality...National News
Last week, the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published an issue brief on the changes over time in the demographics of Marketplace insurance coverage.
The brief, Marketplace Enrollee Demographics, Plan Generosity, and Plan Premiums in HealthCare.gov...
Over 12% of Part D enrollees faced copayments over $20 for a single fill of a generic drug. Fills for more than $2 were common, and accounted for nearly half of some prescriptions. The federal government has outlined plans for the Medicare $2 Drug List (M2DL) Model, which would create a high-value generic drug list that Part D drug plan...
From January 2022 to January 2023, 4,264 prescription drugs had price increases, of which 46% or 1,982 were increased above the inflation rate, according to ASPE researchers in a recent study.
Drug manufacturers make most of their prescription drug retail price changes in January and July annually and may change the list price at any...Arizona News
Although their work typically requires considerable technical and interpersonal skills, they receive wages that are lower than other entry-level jobs such as janitors, retail salespersons, and customer representatives with rarely any benefits.
A new report from the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) highlights the...National News
Fewer Americans are uninsured than ever before according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). These numbers are anticipated to rise as Medicaid redeterminations continue.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human services (HHS) announced the milestone on August 3, boasting a 7.7% uninsured rate for the...White Papers, E books, Reports and more
Last week, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) Office of Health Policy released an overview of the state of Medicare Advantage enrollment and program spending. This is the first such report since the Medicare to Medicare Advantage enrollment ratio hit 50-50.
The...National News
As House Republicans continue to use the threat of the debt ceiling to pass work requirements for the Medicaid program, providers and industry experts are voicing concerns for how such requirements could play out.
The bill stipulates that certain adults between the ages of 18 and 55 who have Medicaid coverage in Medicaid expansion...
A federal lawsuit in Texas is challenging a core tenet of the Affordable Care Act that requires insurers to cover preventive health services.
Back in September, a district court judge ruled that the way the federal task force charged with determining which services were covered is unconstitutional and that the requirement for...
Nearly 200,000 Arizonans have now received the bivalent COVID-19 booster shots that are designed to specifically counter the Omicron subvariants of the virus, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has authorized that the shots be extended to children as young as five years old.
In Arizona, cases are down for the first week...
Last Friday, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published the Roadmap for Behavioral Health Integration, which aims to boost pay parity and support for mental health care and substance abuse prevention services.
The HHS Roadmap was developed by the HHS Behavioral Health Coordinating Council and incorporated...
The federal government is curious about states' use of value-based payment (VBP) in nursing facility reimbursement through Medicaid programs. In August, the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) published an issue brief on its investigation into which states use VBP and how well the systems work.
On the federal level,...National News
On February 1, 2022, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) Office of Health Policy filed an issue brief on a national survey that found disparities in use of telehealth services in 2021.
The survey polled 808,368 American adults and found that nearly a quarter of...National News
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently announced that the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) has updated preventative care and screening guidelines for women, infants, children, and adolescents, expanding and updating coverage for a variety of preventative care services.
The new services...
