by Jordana Choucair | Jan 31, 2020 | Briefs and Analysis, Newsroom, Publications
January 31, 2020 – Yesterday, the Trump administration released a Medicaid block initiative called the “Healthy Adult Opportunity.” The initiative marks an important milestone in the GOP’s efforts to pursue block-grant funding for Medicaid. In 2017, the GOP’s ACA...
by Jordana Choucair | Dec 19, 2019 | Briefs and Analysis, Newsroom, Publications
December 19, 2019 – Yesterday, the Trump administration released two proposals to lower pharmaceutical prices in the U.S. Collectively, the proposals would effectuate the drug importation action plan released in July. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)...
by Jordana Choucair | Nov 15, 2019 | Briefs and Analysis, Newsroom, Publications
November 17, 2019 – On November 15, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released two rules to carry-out President Trump’s Executive Order on Improving Price and Quality Transparency in American Healthcare. The first is a final rule that would...
by Jordana Choucair | Nov 12, 2019 | Briefs and Analysis, Newsroom, Publications
November 14, 2019 – On November 12, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a notice of proposed rule-making requiring that states share provider-level information about their supplemental payment and financing agreements under Medicaid....
by Jordana Choucair | Aug 3, 2019 | Briefs and Analysis, Newsroom, Publications
July 22, 2019 – On Wednesday, July 17, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma published a blog in Health Affairs announcing that just 66 ACOs joined the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) for the July 1 start date – less...
by Jordana Choucair | Aug 3, 2019 | Briefs and Analysis, Newsroom, Publications
July 15, 2019 – On Thursday, the Trump administration withdrew a drug rebate proposal that would have required pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) to pass along rebate savings to consumers rather than keeping them as a profit for themselves. The plan, announced on...
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