by familyvoices | Aug 22, 2018 | NCFPP, Washington Update
The Senate will begin debate this week on a bill combining two FY 2019 appropriations bills — one for the Department of Defense and one for the Departments of Labor, Health, and Human Services (HHS), and Education, known as the “Labor-HHS” bill. Together these...
by familyvoices | Aug 22, 2018 | NCFPP, Washington Update
On July 26, Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) and others introduced a bipartisan bill — The Children’s Program of All-Inclusive Coordinated Care (ChiPACC) Act (H.R. 6560) – which would fill gaps in hospice and palliative services that children now receive under...
by familyvoices | Aug 22, 2018 | NCFPP, Washington Update
From the CMS Newsroom: Aug. 16 — CMS Streamlines Medicaid Review Process, Achieves Significant Reduction in Approval Times. “…Today, CMS issued a second Informational Bulletin related to [state plan amendment (SPA)] and 1915 waiver process improvements. This...
by familyvoices | Aug 22, 2018 | NCFPP, Washington Update
Kentucky Waiver As reported in the July 3 Washington Update (under “Courts”), a federal court vacated the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) approval of a Kentucky Medicaid waiver proposal to impose work requirements on Medicaid beneficiaries. The court’s...
by familyvoices | Aug 22, 2018 | NCFPP, Washington Update
Clarification of “Exceptional Circumstances” SEP for Consumers Impacted by Disasters An August 20 email from the Health Insurance Marketplace announced: “CMS has released guidance clarifying Federally-facilitated Marketplace (FFM) Special Enrollment Period (SEP)...