by Family Voices, Inc. | Aug 22, 2018 | NCFPP, Washington Update
Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh has been doing meetings with Senators in preparation for his confirmation hearing. Among those he has met with are moderate Democrats who are up for reelection this year and therefore might be open to voting for his confirmation. ...
by Family Voices, Inc. | Aug 22, 2018 | NCFPP, Washington Update
On August 15, Rob Portman (R-OH) and Tom Carper (D-DE), Chair and Ranking Member, respectively, of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, issued a staff report, Oversight of the Care of...
by Family Voices, Inc. | 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 Family Voices, Inc. | 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 Family Voices, Inc. | 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 Family Voices, Inc. | 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...