Weekly Updates

• HHS Clarifies Medicaid Exclusions for Unlawful Activities
• Providing Medicaid/CHIP Services to Incarcerated Youth
• CMS Guidance on Providing Medicaid/CHIP Services to Incarcerated Youth
• Streamlining Medicaid/CHIP Transitions
• State updates: CA, CO, CT, MI, MN, NC, NJ, NY, OK, SC & WA

• Supporting State Beneficiary Advisory Councils
• New CMS Advisory Opinion: Imposing Work Requirements
• Combating Climate Change’s Health Effects
• Updates to CMS' Health-Related Social Needs Framework 
• State updates: AR, CA, CO, KY, MI, NC, OR, WI & WV

• Helping States Implement Continuous Enrollment for Children
• Preparing States to Conduct Ex Parte Renewals
• State Efforts to Improve Access to Care 
• Oregon’s Cost Growth Target: Balancing Accountability and Flexibility
• North Carolina’s Innovative Approach to Tackling Medical Debt
• State updates: AZ, CA, DC, FL, MA, MN, NC, NJ, NY & UT

• Data Sharing for Children Incarcerated Children 
• Guidance on Medicaid/CHIP Renewal Requirements
• Enhancing Access to Care for Individuals Following Incarceration
• Funding Opportunity for States to Update Essential Health Benefits Benchmark Plans
• New Resources to Support BAC Recruitment
• State updates: AL, CO, MA, ME, NC, ND, NM, OR & PA 

• Millions to Lose Coverage if Premium Tax Credits Expire
• State Efforts to Advance Health Equity 
• Guidance on Long-Term Use of Unwinding-Related Waivers
• Substance-Use Disorder Learning Collaborative
• CMS' Health Equity Advisory Committee 
• State updates: CA, CO, FL, HI, IL, MI, MN, NJ, NM, NY & PA

• Promoting Enrollment Among DACA Recipients 
• North Carolina's Medical Debt Relief & Reform Program 
• Recruiting for the BAC: Template Materials
• What Do the New Census Data Say About Insurance Coverage for Children and Adults?
• CMS Releases Sickle Cell Disease Provider Toolkit
• Leveraging Medicaid Managed Care to Address Health-Related Social Needs 
• State updates: DE, MI, NC, ND, NM, OR, RI, WA & WI

• Expanding Access to Traditional Healthcare Practices 
• CMS Guidance on Medicaid Coverage for Children 
• SHVS webinar: The Expiration of the PTC Enhancements: State-Specific Impacts
• Tackling Medical Debt: Lessons from North Carolina
• Affordability in Employer Versus Private Non-Group Coverage Before ARPA
• Understanding and Mitigating Behavioral Health Workforce Shortages
• State updates: CA, CO, LA, MD, MI, MS, NC, NJ, NM, PA & WA

• CMS Proposes Standards for Insurance Marketplaces
• Tracking Mental Health/Substance-Use Parity Compliance 
• Communicating the BAC and MAC
• Streamlining Information Transfers Between Insurers 
• State Public Health and Homelessness Playbook
• State updates: AZ, CA, HI, MA, ME, MI, NE, NY, OR, PA & RI 

• States Actions For Expanding Access to Care
• Tax Credits Support Older Adults and High Premium States
• Medicaid Opportunities to Support Youth Exiting Incarceration
• CMS Recognizes ADHD Awareness Month
• State updates: AZ, CA, DE, MA, MI, MT, NE, NJ, NY, OR & RI

• Strengthening Children’s Health Insurance Coverage
• New Guidance on Medicaid and CHIP Renewal Requirements
• States Have New Flexibility to Add Adult Dental Care to Essential Health Benefits
• Planning Grants to Address Continuity of Care for the Formerly Incarcerated
• Call for Applications: Equity Changemakers Institute
• State updates: CA, ME, MI, MN, MS, MT, NC, NE, NJ, NV, NY, VA & WY

• Transforming Medicaid Outreach with WhatsApp
• Improving Healthcare for Children, Youth, and Families 
• Assessing Coverage and Costs Associated With State-Funded Health Insurance for Immigrants
• Breaking Down 2023 Health Insurance Coverage Estimates
• Leveraging the Buying Value Resources to Advance Health Equity Measurement
• State updates: CA, KY, MA, MO, MT, NC, NJ, NY, PA & RI

• New Final Rule Enhances Mental Health Parity Requirements
• Leveraging the Buying Value Resources to Advance Health Equity Measurement
• AI in Healthcare: Promise or Peril?
• How States Can Advance Health Equity While Lowering Costs
• Building State Capacity to Assess Health Care System Performance
• State updates: CO, CT, DE, MA, MN, NC, NH, NM, NY, PA & WA

• New Flexibilities for Medicaid Demonstration Programs 
• State Health Innovations Address Debt and Access Issues 
• State Medicaid Director Letter: Budget Neutrality
• Current Considerations for State Reinsurance Programs
• Delays in Extending Enhanced Marketplace Subsidies Would Raise Premiums and Reduce Coverage
• State updates: AR, CA, CO, DC, IL, MA, NY, OR, RI & WY

• CMS Guidelines on Eligibility Renewals
• Leveraging Multisector Partnerships to Address Health Related Social Needs
• Streamlining Enrollment for Californians Transitioning From Medi-Cal
• State Initiatives to Improve Birth Outcomes
• State updates: CO, CT, LA, MA, ME, NC, NM, NY, PA & TN

• Helping States Provide Medicaid Services to Incarcerated Youth
• SHVS Webinar: CMS Guidance for Providing Medicaid and CHIP services to Incarcerated Youth 
• Enforcing Mental Health Parity: State Options to Improve Access to Care
• Medicare Drug Price Negotiations Offer Potential Opportunities for States
• Ensuring Coverage for Individuals Receiving Home- and Community-Based Services
• State updates: AR, CO, MA, ND, NJ, NM, NY, RI & VT

• Drug Price Negotiations 
• Helping States Understand the Impact of Medicaid Policy Changes
• Upcoming SHVS Webinar
• State Notice of Funding Opportunity for the Cell and Gene Therapy Access Model
• The Impact of Enhanced Premium Tax Credits by Race and Ethnicity
• CDC Data Shows Need for Safer and More Supportive Schools
• State updates: AZ, DE, GA, LA, NC, NV, NY, TX, WI & WY

• Upcoming SHVS Webinar
• New Guidance on Family Planning Services and Supply Coverage
• Commercial Market Affordability Strategies Technical Assistance Program
• A Roadmap for Effective Community Engagement
• Impact of Enhanced Marketplace Tax Credits
• State updates: AZ, CA, CT, DE, IN, MI, NM, NY, PA, VA & WI

• New Medicaid and CHIP Disenrollments
• State Strategies to Improve Healthcare
• 59 Years of Medicaid
• 2024 State Scorecard on Women’s Health and Reproductive Care
• Exploring the Rise in Mental Healthcare Use by Demographics and Insurance Status
• State updates: CA, IL, LA, MI, MT, NC, NJ & WA

• Helping States Provide Healthcare Services for Incarcerated Youth
• State Toolkit To Aid Decisions on Continuous Enrollment
• The Medicaid Pathways Program is Seeking New Applicants
• ­Law and Policy Considerations for Workforce Protections from Extreme Heat
•CMS Oral Health Cross-Cutting Initiative
• State updates: CO, DE, ID, IL, MI, MT, NC, NE, NJ, NM, NY, RI, VA & WI 

• Recent Webinar Highlights Race and Ethnicity Data Collection
• CMS Seeks Applications for CGT Access Model 
• Notice of Funding Opportunity for the Transforming Maternal Health Model
• CMS Issues Guide to 2024 Access Final Rule 
• CMS Spotlights Autism Data on Children Covered by Medicaid

• Upcoming SHVS webinar
• SHVS Launches New States of Innovation Page
• Designing a Health-Related Social Needs Strategy in Medicaid
• Who Benefits From Enhanced Premium Tax Credits in the Marketplace
• Medicaid and Maternal Health Policies in New CMS Proposed Regulation
• State updates: CA, CT, IL, IN, KY, NC, NJ, OR, PA, RI, UT, VT & WA

• New Maternal Health Funding Opportunity
• U.S. Surgeon General Declares Firearm Violence a Public Health Crisis
• Strategies to Achieve Equitable Healthcare and Optimal Health 
• Youth and Young Adults With Disabilities Aging Out of Medicaid, CHIP: Barriers, Inequities, and Recommendations
• Insights on the Medicaid Unwinding From Health Center Data
• State updates: CA, CO, DC, HI, IL, MD, MI, MT, NV, NY, OR, VA & WA

• State Spotlight: New York’s 1332 Waiver 
• New Funding Opportunity for CMS' IBH Model
• Medicaid and CHIP Eligibility, Enrollment, and Renewal Policies During Unwinding and Beyond
• Initiatives to Support Coverage Retention
• Leveraging Medicaid to Address the Maternal and Infant Crisis
• State updates: ME, MI, MN, NC, NE, NJ, NY, RI & VA

• National Health Expenditure Projections
• Medicaid Leadership Institute Class of 2025 
• Banning Medical Bills From Credit Reports
• U.S. Maternal Death Rate Far Higher Than in Other High-Income Countries
• State updates: IL, KY, MI, MT, NY, RI, WA & WI

• Health Insurance Coverage Increases in Minority Communities
• Changes to the Child and Adult Core Measure Sets
• States of Innovation: May 2024
• CMS Final Rules Part 3: Home and Community-Based Services
• State Timelines for Completing Unwinding-Related Renewals
• State updates: AR, CA, CO, CT, HI, IA, MD, MI, MN, NC, ND, NM, OR, PA & WA

• New CMS guidance
• Upcoming SHVS Webinar
• The State of Public Health 
• Maternal Health: New CMS Resources 
• Promoting Health Equity Through State Medicaid Managed Care Strategies
• State updates: CA, IL, IN, KY, ME, MN, MT, NV, OR, RI & WA

• State Policies to Support Medical Debt Cancellation
• New SHVS resources
• CMS Final Rules Part 2: Managed Care Payments, Quality, and Oversight
• New Guidance to Assist Individuals Re-Entering Communities
• Transforming Pregnancy-Related Medicaid Coverage
• State Medicaid and CHIP Outreach Resources and Enrollment Assistance Snapshot
• State updates: AR, CA, GA, IN, MN, NC, NE, NJ, OH, TX & VT

• New Guidance on Streamlining Enrollment 
• SHVS Webinar: CMS Final Rules Part 2 
• New SHVS Blog Series: States of Innovation
• New Leadership Programs to Advance Health Equity 
• Leveraging WIC and Medicaid to Improve Health
• ACA Marketplaces Open to DACA Recipients
• State updates: AZ, CO, CT, IA, KS, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, NC & OR 

• SHVS Webinar: Final rules on Medicaid and Managed Care
• Final Rule on Coverage for DACA Recipients
• Promoting Equity in Medicaid Managed Care
• States of Unwinding
• State updates: AZ, CA, CO, CT, IA, IL, MN, ND, NJ, NM, PA & WA

• Webinar Series: Medicaid Final Rules
• Advancing Innovation in Medicaid
• CMS maternal health Summer Webinar Series
• Medicaid Opportunities to Support Youth Transitioning from Incarceration 
• State updates: AK, AZ, CA, ME, MI, NC, ND, NY, OK, TX, VA & WA 

• New Rule on Website Content Accessibility 
• Advancing Health Equity for Justice-Involved Populations
• Toolkit: Assisting States in Analyzing Hospital Finances
• State updates: AL, CO, CT, MA, MD, MI, ND, NH, OH, OR, RI, WA & WY

• Webinar: Final Eligibility and Enrollment Rule
• 2025 Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameter
• Building State Capacity for Community-Informed Policymaking Learning and Action Series
• Medicaid Managed Care Organization Unwinding Survey Fact Sheet 
• Strategies to Address Marketplace Enrollees’ Cost Challenges
• State updates: AR, CA, CO, IL, MO, NC, NY, PA, TX & VT

• Eligibility & Enrollment final rule webinar 
• Short-Term Limited Duration Insurance Final Rule
• The Debate About Banning Menthol Cigarettes
• Lessons Learned from Research on Unwinding
• State Medicaid Member Experience Qualitative Data Scan
• State updates: AZ, CA, CO, FL, ID, MA, MN, MO, NC, NE, NM, NV, NY & PA

• CMS Releases Final Medicaid and CHIP Rules
• CMS Extends the Special Enrollment Period
• Modernizing Behavioral Health Systems
• The Remaining Uninsured Eligible for Medicaid and CHIP
• State updates: AK, CA, CT, GA, IL, MA, MD, ME, MI, ND, NJ, NM, NY, OR & RI

•Recognizing the ACA’s 14th Anniversary
• New Resources for Cyberattack Prevention
• CMS Resources: Permissibility of Certain Practices During Medicaid and CHIP Renewals
• Early Data From Community Health Centers During the Unwinding
• Automatic Enrollment: A Pathway to Increased Coverage

• HHS Addresses Data Breach Incident 
• Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Data Collection
• Insights on federal healthcare priorities
• Using SNAP to power Medicaid renewals
• State updates: AK, AR, AZ, CA, IL, KY, MA, MD, MI, MO, NC, NJ, NY, OR & UT    

• Medicaid and CHIP enrollment numbers
• New Racial Equity Community of Practice
• Supporting Postpartum Mental Health 
• State updates: AK, AR, CO, MA, ME, MI, MN, MT, NC, ND, NM, NY, OR & WI

• Mapping Health Equity
• State Strategies to Increase Medicaid Renewals
• Promoting Equitable Healthcare Through Community-Led Initiatives
• Medicaid to Address Health-Related Social Needs
• New Maternal Health Grants for States 
• State updates: AZ, CA, CO, DE, IN, MA, MI, NC, ND, NJ, NM, PA, SC & WI

• Opportunities to Advance Equitable Maternal Care
• New Translated Communications Resources 
• Upcoming SHVS Webinar – Save the Date! 
• Transforming Maternal Health 
• Annual Medicaid Managed Care Organization Survey
• Consumer-Centric Approach to State-Based Marketplaces
• State updates: AZ, CA, CO, MD, MN, MT, NC, NM, NV, NY, OR & PA

• New SHVS tools for health equity 
• Expanding Coverage to Non-Citizen Populations
• Upcoming SHVS Webinar – Save the Date! 
• Approaches for Collecting Health Equity Data in Massachusetts
• Updated State Medicaid and CHIP Telehealth Toolkit
• High-Cost Drugs and the Medicaid Program
• State updates: AZ, CA, CO, CT, HI, MN, NC, NJ, NM, NY, OR, WA & WI

• Assisting States During the Unwinding 
• Evaluating Waiver Flexibilities for Medicaid Renewals
• Massachusetts Hospitals’ Historic Health Equity Commitment
• Medicaid Non-Emergency Transportation
• Contracting to Align Health and Social Care Ecosystems
• Cell and Gene Therapy Access Model
• State updates: CA, DC, IL, MA, MN, MO, ND, NE, NJ, OK, OR, PA & WI

• Historic levels of Marketplace Enrollment
• Disability Data Collection Standards  
• Easing the burden of Medical Debt
• CMS: Funding for School-Based Health Services 
• Executive Actions to Promote Safe Storage of Firearms
• State updates: FL, MA, MI, MT, NC, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI & WI

• New unwinding communications resources
• SHVS Unwinding Resources
• Emerging Approaches in Oral Healthcare
• Consent Management Processes for Implementation of Data Exchange
• New CMS Model to Advance Integration in Behavioral Health
• State updates: CA, CO, ME, MT, NC, NJ, OR, PA, TX, WA, WI & WV

• Record-breaking Marketplace enrollment
• Messages for States Following the Unwinding 
• Upcoming SHVS Webinar
• Government Shutdown Implications for Health Programs and Personnel 
• Using Lived Experience to Monitor the Medicaid Unwinding
• State updates: FL, KY, MI, NC, ND, NJ, NY & PA

• New SHVS Unwinding Resources 
• New Initiatives to Support Individuals During Open Enrollment 
• Cost-Growth Benchmarks Can Make Healthcare More Affordable and Equitable
• Medicaid Health-Related Social Needs Learning Series
• Emerging Leaders of Color Fellowship
• State updates: DC, FL, ID, MS, NC, ND, NJ, NM, NY, OR, PA, WA, WI & WV

• Proposed Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters
• New Unwinding Data From CMS
• CMS resource on Transitional Medical Assistance
• 2023 Annual Medicaid MCO Survey
• Improving Data Sharing in Medicaid & CHIP Programs
• State updates: AL, AZ, CA, CO, LA, MA, MD, MI, NC, NH, NM, NV, NY, OR, TN & VA

New unwinding resources
State updates: AR, AZ, CA, ID, KS, MD, MI, MO, NC, NE, NM, NY, OR, PA, SD & WY
Strategies for reducing clinician burnout
Impacts of medical debt

• Improved Tools to Support States During Open Enrollment 
• Medicaid and CHIP Data
• Improved Tools to Support States During Open Enrollment 
• State updates: AZ, CA, CO, KS, MA, ME, MN, NE, NJ, NY, OR, VA & WI