by Jordana Choucair | Apr 4, 2022 | Payers
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced states can now seek to extend postpartum Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program coverage by 12 months as opposed to just 60 days. Louisiana is the first state to offer the extended coverage,...
by Jordana Choucair | Apr 4, 2022 | Providers
The American Medical Association, the Medical Group Management Association, and 30 other national medical specialty groups are urging the Biden administration to give providers more time to report on COVID-19 pandemic assistance funding. In a letter to HRSA...
by Jordana Choucair | Apr 1, 2022 | D.C. News
Senator Mitt Romney announced that Republicans have struck an “agreement in principle” with Democrats on a $10 billion package to provide further COVID-19 pandemic relief. An additional $1 billion in global vaccine funding could be added, but only if other...
by Jordana Choucair | Apr 1, 2022 | D.C. News
The House passed a bill to limit the cost of insulin to $35 a month for consumers enrolled in private health insurance plans or Medicare. Cost sharing for beneficiaries in private plans would be limited to either $35, or 25 percent of the health plan’s negotiated...
by Jordana Choucair | Apr 1, 2022 | Mental Health
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a new report examining the magnitude of distress the COVID-19 pandemic has had on the health of American teenagers. The CDC developed a one-time, online survey, which 7,770 high school students took between...
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