Under the American Rescue Plan (ARP), Medicaid expansion and 12-month continuous eligibility for pregnant and postpartum women will play an important role in ensuring continuity of care and aid in combatting disparities in maternal mortality rates.
During the pandemic, pregnant women and new mothers have had to navigate virtual...
Currently, researchers have access only to Medicare claims data for the fee-for-service program.
Release of Medicare Advantage data will provide a more comprehensive view of care provided to Medicare beneficiaries, said Verma at last week’s Health Datapalooza conference in Washington. Health Data Management quotes CMS Administrator...National News
The Community Health Center (CHC) program serves people at nearly 10,000 nonprofit clinics nationwide, almost all of which are in low-income rural and urban areas.
Kaiser Health News reports Congress has allocated $3.6 billion annually to the health centers in recent years. That is about 20 percent of the centers’ budgets—much of...National News
The Senate voted Monday to reopen the government, ending a three-day standoff that left federal agencies shuttered and hundreds of thousands of workers furloughed.
The House is expected to approve the bill later and send it to President Trump, allowing the government to completely reopen on Tuesday.
Democrats who supported the...
Congress failed to authorize funding for 24,000 children of Arizona’s working poor by October 1.
Arizona Medicaid officials are preparing to implement a contingency plan. Use other cash Arizona gets from the federal government for its separate traditional Medicaid plan to pay the premiums for children in the KidsCare...
The bill extends CHIP funding for five years: funded by higher premiums to wealthier Medicare beneficiaries, cutting money from ACA’s public health fund and shortening the grace period for ACA enrollees who fail to make premium payments.
The Hill reports today that the bill would extend CHIP for five years and was combined...Arizona News
Federal budget year expired September 30 without congressional action to continue funding the program.
CHIP is a partnership between the federal government and states that insures American children from low and moderate-income families.
CHIP was passed into law with bipartisan support under President Bill Clinton in...National News
Nearly 90 percent of children in CHIP are in families with annual incomes below twice the poverty level (about $49,000 for a family of four).
The current appropriation runs out at the end of this month, and many states will exhaust their allotments of federal money later this year or early next year. The agreement that extends...
