White Papers

07.13.23

Accessing Cell and Gene Therapies: Insights on Coverage, Reimbursement and Emerging Models

Over the past five years, cell and gene therapies have increasingly moved from the R&D pipeline to the health care setting, putting lifesaving treatments for certain cancers and genetic diseases within patients’ reach.




06.07.23

Implementing State-Level Processes That Enhance Access to Medicaid Family Planning Program Services

Medicaid provides a critical source of health care coverage for low-income individuals in the United States, including 13 million women of reproductive age.




05.17.23

Prenatal Vaccines in Medicaid and CHIP: Current State Policies and Proposals to Increase Access

Prenatal vaccines—those administered during a pregnancy—provide crucial protections to  pregnant women and/or newborns against communicable diseases such as whooping cough and influenza.




05.01.23

States Have New Options to Improve the Health of People Leaving Jails and Prisons

The health and safe transitions of incarcerated people have been a focus of work by Congress, the Biden administration and states.




04.20.23

CMS Issues Guidance on Section 1115 Demonstrations to Support Reentry for Justice-Involved People

On April 17, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released a State Medicaid Director Letter, “Opportunities to Test Transition-Related Strategies to Support Community Reentry and Improve Care Transitions for Individuals Who Are Incarcerated.”




04.06.23

California Health Information Technology and Exchange Opportunities and Priorities for Older Adults

Data exchange is crucial to coordinating care and services for older Californians, particularly those who have an array of health and social needs and require multidisciplinary teams to manage care and transitions between settings.




03.31.23

Reducing Coverage Loss: Update on End of Federal Continuous Coverage Requirement in MassHealth

Like all states, Massachusetts received enhanced federal Medicaid funding under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA), the first major federal stimulus package passed by Congress in response to the COVID-19 crisis in 2020.




03.24.23

Ensuring Compliance With Federal Renewal Requirements: State Diagnostic Assessment Tool

State Medicaid agencies are preparing for the largest health coverage event since the implementation of the Affordable Care Act: the unwinding of the Medicaid continuous coverage guarantee that has been in place for the duration of the COVID-19 public health emergency and will end on March 31, 2023.




02.22.23

Medicaid in Montana: How Medicaid Impacts Montana’s State Budget, Economy, and Health

Montana’s Medicaid program provides low-income Montanans—including children, seniors, the disabled and the medically needy—access to health care services that support their health and well-being.




02.09.23

CMS Approves First-in-Nation Justice-Involved Re-Entry Section 1115 Demonstration

On January 26, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) approved California’s request to amend the California Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal (CalAIM) Section 1115 demonstration.