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06.04.20

COVID-19 State Resource Guide: Leveraging Federal and State Authorities to Ensure LTSS Access

Populations who use long-term services and supports (LTSS) are particularly vulnerable to contracting COVID-19 and experiencing severe cases due to their age or because they are living with one or more chronic conditions.


05.14.20

Ensuring People Have the Medicaid Coverage They Need During the Economic Crisis

Medicaid plays a unique, countercyclical role during economic downturns. Recessions drive up Medicaid enrollment as people become newly eligible due to job losses and reduced earnings.


03.25.20

COVID-19: Providing Coverage and Care to People Eligible for Medicaid but Unenrolled

Coverage is the first step to ensuring that people have the care and information they need during this public health crisis while also ensuring a payment source for testing and treatment.


02.26.20

Bipartisan Rx for America’s Healthcare: A Practical Path to Reform

In December 2019, BPC conducted a poll, asking voters which of the healthcare reform plans that the presidential candidates are putting forward represents their preferred approach.


02.26.20

What Does New Block Grant Guidance Mean for Medicaid?

The Trump administration has issued sweeping new Medicaid guidance, continuing its efforts to cap federal Medicaid funding.


12.19.19

CMS Proposes Rule With Significant Medicaid Financing Implications

Over the past several years, federal Medicaid oversight and advisory bodies, including the Government Accountability Office (GAO) and the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC), have issued reports calling on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to strengthen its ...


11.19.19

One Step Forward, Two Steps Back: Utah’s Medicaid Expansion

In a new post for The Commonwealth Fund’s To the Point blog, summarized below, Manatt Health examines Utah’s efforts to pair Medicaid expansion in the state with enrollment caps that are set based on the state’s budget.


10.02.19

Tennessee Medicaid Block Grant Proposal Will Test CMS Policy

On September 17, Tennessee unveiled for public comment a draft waiver proposal seeking federal approval to amend its long-standing Section 1115 demonstration by applying a block grant financing model to its Medicaid program (called “TennCare”).


09.24.19

New Policies Limit Women’s Access to Family Planning Services

Editor’s Note: In March 2019, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued sweeping new regulations governing Title X funding, a federal grant program that is a major source of financing for family planning services.


09.24.19

New Webinar: Keeping Medicaid’s Promise for Children With Special Healthcare Needs

Learn how to improve access, services and care for Medicaid-enrolled children with special healthcare needs at a new webinar from Manatt Health, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health.