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Weekly updates on the latest state-level health care news from Heather Howard, program director of State Health and Value Strategies.
In Last Week's Update:
• Ex Parte at the Individual Level
• State Strategies to Preserve Coverage
• New Mothers' Coverage During the Public Health Emergency
• Differences in Language Access Across State-Based Marketplaces
• Financing Substance-Use Care Treatment and Support Services
• State Updates: CA, CT, DE, MI, NC, ND, NJ, NM, NV, RI & VT
• Health Insurance Coverage Data in 2022
• Navigating Data Challenges to Keep Eligible People on Medicaid
• Opportunities for States to Lower Drug Costs Across Payers
• State updates: AZ, CT, DC, ID, IN, ME, MN, OR, PA, VT & WA
• CMS All-Hands-On-Deck Strategy to Support Children and Families
• CMS Announces Model to Redesign Healthcare Delivery and Improve Equitable Access
• Protecting Consumers from Medical Debt
• State updates: AZ, CA, CO, GA, IL, MO, NC, NJ, NM, NY, OK, OR, PA, TN, VA, WI & WV
In This Week’s Update:
• CMS Guidance on Conducting Eligibility Redeterminations
• SHVS Resources: Improving Ex Parte Processes
In This Week’s Update:
• Delivering Medicaid and CHIP Services in School-Based Settings
• Monitoring Health Coverage During the Unwinding
• Expanding Coverage Through Section 1332
• Premium Increases in Early Rate Filings
In This Week’s Update:
• Tracking Health Coverage During the Unwinding
• CMS Issues Guidance on Medicaid and CHIP Services in School-Based Settings
• Medicaid’s Role in Small Towns and Rural Areas
• State Agency Partners Navigating the Unwinding
• Eligibility and Enrollment Performance Indicator Unwinding Data
• Section 1332 Waiver Application Process
• Early Rate Filings Show Premium Increases
• State updates: AZ, CT, DE, MA, MD, MI, MN, NY, OR, RI & WY
In This Week’s Update:
• Call Center Strategies to Support Unwinding
• State-Based Marketplace Transition Data During Unwinding
• Surveys to Monitor Coverage Transitions During the Unwinding
• Increasing Access, Quality, and Equity in Postpartum Care in Medicaid and CHIP
• Promising Strategies to Help Medicaid Enrollees Retain Insurance Coverage
• State updates: AR, AZ, KY, MA, MI, MN, NC, NJ, PA, RI, UT, WA, WI & WY
• CMS Unwinding Data Release
• Misleading Marketing as Millions Search for Coverage
• Interventions to Avoid Choice Errors in the ACA Marketplace
• The Intersection of Housing and Health
• State updates: AK, AL, CA, CT, DE, MA, MI, MN, MS, NM, NY, PA & WI
• Mental health parity proposed rules
• State updates: CA, CO, CT, DC, GA, IL, NC, NH, NJ, NV, NY, PA & WI
• Medicaid is 58 years old!
• How managed care is supporting unwinding
In This Week’s Update:
• Medicaid Renewal Mitigation Strategies
• Promoting Equity in Mental Healthcare
• State Unwinding Renewal Data
• The One Year Anniversary of 988
• Preventing Intimate Partner Violence
• State updates: AK, CA, CO, CT, IA, KY, MD, MI, MN, MS, NJ, WA, WI & WY
In This Week’s Update:
• State Reporting to Monitor Unwinding
• Limiting Junk Insurance
• Value-Based Payment for Prescription Drugs
• Behavioral Health Services in Rural Communities
• State updates: AR, AZ, ME, MN, MO, NC, NJ, NY & OR
In This Week’s Update:
• New CMS Unwinding Resources
• No Surprises Act Proposed Rule
• States of Unwinding: July 7, 2023
• Facilitating Multi-Stakeholder Health Equity Collaboration
• Modernizing Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment
• State updates: AK, CA, DE, FL, MD, MI, ND, NJ, OK, OR, PA, USVI & WI
In This Week’s Update:
• Best Practices: Reporting Unwinding Data
• Social Insurance during the Pandemic: Successes, Shortcomings, and Policy Options for the Future
• Celebrating Black Women Leaders in Medicaid
• State Employee Health Plan Cost Growth
• State updates: AZ, CT, DC, IL, MA, MD, MN, NJ, NV, NY, PA, VA, WA & WI
In This Week’s Update:
• New States of Unwinding
• Early childhood mental health services
• Scorecard on state health system performance
• State updates: CA, FL, IL, KY, MA, MT, ND, NM, NV, OR, SC, TX & WI
In This Week’s Update:
• HHS letter to governors on Medicaid redeterminations
• SHVS’ State Health Equity Measure Set
• CMS’ National Health Expenditure Projections
• KFF Report on Consumer Experiences in Health Insurance
• NAMD’s Perspective on Unwinding
• State updates: AR, HI, IN, KS, KY, MD, ND, NH, NM, NY, SC & WI
In This Week’s Update:
· SHVS Updated Expert Perspective
· Marketplace Network Adequacy and Usability
· Enhancing Access to Medicaid Family Planning Program Services
· Adults Who Did Not Take Medication as Prescribed to Reduce Costs
· State updates: CA, CO, CT, ID, IL, MA, MD, ME, ND, NJ, NY, SC, SD, TX & UT
In This Week’s Update:
• Enrollee’s Experiences With The Unwinding
• Medicaid can improve maternal health
• Pharmacy Availability of Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
• State updates: AZ, CA, CO, GA, IL, ME, MA, MT, NY, SC, WA, WI
In This Week's Update:
• Demonstration Facilitation Toolkit
• Congressional Budget Office Insurance Coverage Projections for 2023 to 2033
• Medicaid Leadership institute, Class of 2024
• State updates: AZ, IA, KY, MA, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NM, OR, PA & RI
In This Week’s Update:
• Where we are on Unwinding
• Serving Justice-Involved Individuals Through 1115 Demonstration Evaluations
• Should the Federal Government Establish Minimum Standards for Marketplaces?
• School-Based Services in Medicaid
• State Updates: CA, CO, DE, IL, IN, KT, MI, MN, NH, NJ, NY, OR, PA, WA, WI
In This Week’s Update:
• End of the Public Health Emergency
• Sequencing Communications to Encourage Coverage Transitions
• A Closer Look at Medicaid Call Center Options as the Unwinding Kicks Into High Gear
• State updates: AR, CO, IA, IN, MA, MI, MN, MO, NJ, NV, OR, PA, RI, VT & WA
In This Week’s Update:
• States of Unwinding
• HHS’ New Website Launch
• Milbank Leadership Programs
• Access to Maternity Providers: Midwives and Birth Centers
• Adults Forgo Healthcare Because of Transportation Barriers
• State updates: CA, CO, GA, MD, MN, MS, NC, NJ, NY, OR, PA & WA
In This Week’s Update:
• The Basic Health Program
• Medicaid Unwinding Estimated Coverage Losses
• Strategies for Providing Whole Child Care
• Regulatory-Palooza Week
• State updates: CA, CT, DC, ID, IN, KY, MA, MI, MN, NM, NY, OR, PA, VA & WA
In This Week’s Update:
• Supporting Reentry for Justice-Involved Populations
• ACA’s Preventive Services Requirement
• Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters
• Final 2024 Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters
• Attempts to Scam Medicaid Members Popping up Nationwide as Unwinding Commences
• Protect Medicaid 2023
• State updates: CO, DC, IA, IL, KY, ME, MI, MN, ND, NE, NM, NY, OR, RI, UT, WA & WV
In This Week’s Update:
• Health Coverage for DACA Recipients
• Termination of the National Emergency Declaration
• Sustainable Financing Strategies to Support Community Investments by Health Plans and Hospitals
• Crossing the Bridge to the Marketplace
• Medicaid Stability is Critical to Nation’s Continuum of Health Insurance Options
• State updates: AZ, CA, CO, DE, ID, IL, KY, MA, MI, NJ, NM, NY & PA
In This Week’s Update:
• Promoting Equity in Medicaid Managed Care
• Coverage of Preventive Services Without Cost-Sharing in Jeopardy
• HHS Reminds States of Civil Rights Obligations During Unwinding
• Black-White Disparities in Maternal Vulnerability and Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes
• State updates: CA, ID, MD, MI, MN, MT, NH, NJ, NM, NY, SC, TX, VT & WA
In This Week’s Update:
• Decision in ACA Preventive Services Case
• The Expanding Role of Medicaid in the Criminal-Legal System
• Resources to Support State Implementation of Renewal Mitigation Strategies
• Maryland’s Total Cost of Care Model
• State updates: AK, CT, FL, KY, MA, MI, NC, NJ, NV & NY
In This Week’s Update:
• Happy Birthday ACA!
• New Resource to Advance Maternal Health Equity
• Inequities in Health Insurance Coverage and Access
• Creating Health System Accountability through Community Partnerships
• Preventive Services Use Among People With Private Insurance
• State updates: AZ, CA, CO, CT, KS, KY, LA, MD, NM, OK & RI
In This Week’s Update:
• New SHVS Unwinding Resources
• Maternal Mortality Data
• Most Adults with Past-Due Medical Debt Owe Money to Hospitals
• Opportunities to Support Early Literacy Promotion in Pediatric Primary Care
• Oregon Health Authority’s Healthcare Market Oversight Program
• State updates: DC, IL, KS, ME, MN, MS, NC, OR & RI
In This Week’s Update:
• Princeton Pulse Podcast
• Maintaining Access to Services After Transitioning from Medicaid
• What the Growing Medicaid Undercount Means for Data Users and Policymakers
• Accelerating Progress Toward Healthcare Equity
• Accelerating Progress Toward Healthcare Equity
• State updates: CA, CO, DE, IL, KS, MA, NC, NE, NY, OH, WI, WV & WY
In This Week’s Update:
• State-by-State Unwinding Dates
• Medicaid Enrollment Growth: Who May Be at Risk
• O’Neil Institute Healthcare Litigation Tracker
• Unwinding Home and Community-Based Services PHE Flexibilities
• State updates: IA, IL, MA, MN, NC, NV, NY, PA, SC & VA
In This Week’s Update:
• How SBMs and DOIs can prepare for unwinding
• SHVS on FCC Ruling
• Navigating Medicaid Unwinding Transitions to Private Health Insurance
• State updates: AL, CA, IA, ID, IL, MI, NJ, NV, OK & OR
In This Week’s Update:
· Executive Order Promotes Community Engagement
· Strategies to Connect Children of Undocumented Status to Coverage
· Q&A: Actuarial Analysis of a Medicaid Palliative Care Benefit
· Catalog of Value-Based Initiatives for Rural Providers
· State updates: AK, CA, CO, FL, GA, IA, IL, MI, MT, NC, NY, RI, SC, TN, UT, VT & WA
In This Week’s Update:
• SHVS on Medicaid Unwinding
• Medi-Cal Section 1115 demonstration
• CMS’s 2020 Rule on Medicaid ‘Continuous Coverage’ Is Blocked as to Additional Dual-Eligible Enrollees
• Remaining States Should Expand Medicaid to Maximize Coverage and Protect Against Funding Drop
• Is Carve-In Financing of Medicaid Behavioral Health Services Better than Carve-Out?
• State updates: AK, AZ, CA, CO, CT, KY, NC, ND, NV, NY, OK, OR, PA, VT, WA & WI
In This Week’s Update:
• CMS Releases New Unwinding Guidance
• New SHVS Publications: Operationalizing Community Engagement
• New SHVS Unwinding Communications Resource Available: Video Message with Your State’s Branding
• Biden Administration Proposes New Rules to Expand Access to Birth Control Coverage Under the ACA
• State updates: CA, KS, MA, ME, MI, MN, MO, NC, NE, NH, NJ, OH & WI
In This Week’s Update:
• Text Messaging Flexibility to Support Unwinding
• Section 1115 Demonstrations
• Can Employer-Sponsored Insurance Be Saved? A Review of Policy Options: Price Regulation
• State Medicaid Innovations to Support Home Visiting Services
• Strengthening Marketplace Network Rules for Essential Community Providers
• State updates: AL, CA, CO, IL, KS, MD, MI, ND, NM, NV, NY, OH, VA, WA, WI & WY
In This Week’s Update:
• New SHVS unwinding materials
• Promising Practices to Foster Meaningful Health System and Community Partnerships
• Mothers’ Mental Health Challenges Predated the COVID-19 Pandemic
• Realizing the Promise of All-Payer Claims Databases
• State updates: AR, CO, MI, MN, NC, NE, NJ, OR, SC, SD, UT & WA
In This Week’s Update:
• New “In Lieu Of” Services Guidance
• A Playbook for Implementing a State Cost Growth Target
• Millions of Uninsured People Can Get Free ACA Plans
• How Sharing Data Builds More Efficient and Effective Benefits Systems
• State updates: AZ, CA, DC, GA, KS, LA, MA, MN, ND, NE, NJ, NY, RI & WA
In This Week’s Update:
• SHVS webinar: Unwinding Provisions in the Omnibus
• Medicaid Director Letter
• Medicaid Innovation Award: Coffee Chat with Kentucky and West Virginia
• New Report Highlights Gap in the No Surprises Act
• Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander Adults Face Healthcare Access Challenges Related to Limited English Proficiency
• State updates: CO, MN, NJ, NM, NY, OK, SC, TN & VA
In This Week’s Update:
• 2024 NBPP
• New Urban Institute Report Estimates Impact of PHE Expiration
• State and Local Estimates of the Uninsured Population in the U.S. Using the Census Bureau’s 2021 American Community Survey
• Discussion with Medicaid Innovators
• State updates: CA, CO, MD, NC, NH, NM, NV & WA
In This Week’s Update:
• Webinar: A Discussion with Medicaid Innovators
• Report: Number of Uninsured Children Stabilized and Improved During Pandemic
• New Marketplace Enrollment Numbers
• Adults in Medicaid-Enrolled Families Unaware of Redeterminations
• The Erosion of Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance and Potential Policy Responses
• Reducing Racial Disparities in Childbirth-Related Outcomes Through Community Collaboration
• State updates: CO, MI, NC, NJ, NM, NY, OR, TN, TX & WA
In This Week’s Update:
• Medicaid Expansion’s Fiscal Impact
• Essential Health Benefits Request for Information
• Sugary Beverage Taxes and Public Health
• The ACA’s Preventive Services Benefit is in Jeopardy: What Can States Do to Preserve Access?
• State updates: CA, CO, CT, DE, MI, NC, NE, NJ, NY, OK, OR & WA
In This Week’s Update:
• Unwinding Deadline Request
• SHVS Resource Page
• Developing a Payment and Spending Strategy to Advance Health Equity: Checklist for Medicaid Decision-Makers
• 2022 March of Dimes Report Card
• Comparing Federal Government Surveys that Count the Uninsured: 2022
• State updates: AL, CA, CO, DC, IA, MN, NJ, NC, OK, OR, TX, VA & WI