by familyvoices | Aug 29, 2018 | NCFPP, Washington Update
On August 23, the Senate passed (by 85-7) an $856.9 billion appropriations bill (H.R. 6157) to fund the Department of Defense and the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education (“Labor-HHS”) for FY 2019, which begins on October 1, 2018. The bill...
by familyvoices | Aug 29, 2018 | NCFPP, Washington Update
On August 24, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Innovation Center (CMMI) unveiled the Integrated Care for Kids (InCK) Model. Although it is described as “part of a multi-pronged strategy to combat the nation’s opioid crisis,” the Model would apply more...
by familyvoices | Aug 29, 2018 | NCFPP, Washington Update
To help Medicaid agencies prepare for public health crises and natural disasters, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Coverage Learning Collaborative developed a set of tools on the strategies available to support Medicaid operations and enrollees...
by familyvoices | Aug 29, 2018 | NCFPP, Washington Update
Wyden, Pallone Warn Trump Administration against Moving Forward on Harmful Medicaid Waivers The Ranking Democratic Members of the House and Senate committees with jurisdiction over Medicaid – Rep. Frank Pallone (D-NJ) and Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) – wrote to Secretary of...
by familyvoices | Aug 29, 2018 | NCFPP, Washington Update
From the blog of the Georgetown University Health Policy Center’s Center on Health Insurance Reforms: Major State Medical Association Warns Consumers about Health Care Sharing Ministries Impact of Association Health Plans on Consumers and Markets Will Depend on State...
by familyvoices | Aug 29, 2018 | NCFPP, Washington Update
Both Military and Foreign-Service Families Seek Better Care for Their Children with Special Health Care Needs “We Are Just Tired of This Fight”: Special-needs families say military is still failing them As explained in the above article from Stars & Stripes...
Encourage confidence to act with the creation of materials and guidance to equip network members to start, lead and sustain conversations to dismantle racism in healthcare of children and youth with special health care needs (CYSHCN).