04.30.15
On April 29, 2015, Montana Governor Steve Bullock signed Senate Bill 405, referred to as the Montana Health and Economic Livelihood Partnership Act (HELP Act), which expands Medicaid to cover an estimated 70,000 new adults.
04.28.15
CMS releases new redetermination regulations and links uncompensated care funds to expanding Medicaid, and New York becomes the second state to launch the Basic Health Program.
04.27.15
On March 31, 2015, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that it had entered into a consent agreement with Phoebe Putney Health System, Inc., the Hospital Authority of Albany-Dougherty County and HCA, Inc.
04.23.15
Arkansas broke new ground with its Marketplace Premium Assistance Medicaid expansion (widely referred to as the “Private Option”) last year, spurring additional states to consider the model.
04.21.15
This week, CMS proposes continued 90% funding for Medicaid eligibility and enrollment system development.
04.14.15
The uninsurance rate for U.S. adults dips to 11.9%, national health expenditures come in below estimates and Medicaid expansion appears imminent in Montana.
04.10.15
The Affordable Care Act provides states with a powerful incentive to expand Medicaid to adults with incomes up to 133% of the Federal Poverty Level, paying for 100% of Medicaid coverage through 2016, and eventually phasing to 90% in 2020 and beyond.
04.07.15
Early data emerges on the impact of Medicaid expansion on states’ budgets and enrollees’ healthy behaviors.
03.31.15
This week, Medicaid expansion gains traction in Montana, California submits its waiver application to renew DSRIP and to propose several new delivery system transformation and alignment initiatives, and the Supreme Court finds that providers lack legal standing to challenge the adequacy of state ...
03.24.15
This week, Alaska’s Governor introduced Medicaid expansion bills in both the House and Senate after failing to get approval in his budget.