by familyvoices | Jul 3, 2018 | Family Voices, NCFPP, Washington Update
As announced on June 28, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released an Informational Bulletin on ensuring the health and welfare of individuals receiving Medicaid-funded Home and Community Based Services (HCBS). The Centers for Medicaid & CHIP...
by familyvoices | Jul 3, 2018 | Family Voices, NCFPP, Washington Update
The Massachusetts Medicaid program asked the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to waive several different requirements of Medicaid law pursuant to the federal government’s waiver authority granted in section 1115 of the Social Security Act. Among the...
by familyvoices | Jul 3, 2018 | Family Voices, NCFPP, Washington Update
Teaching Parents of Kids with Disabilities to Fight Back (NPR, 6/29/18, text and audio) – story about the Partners in Policymaking program.
by familyvoices | Jul 2, 2018 | Family Voices, NCFPP, Washington Update
The big issue in DC is still the separation of immigrant children from their families at the southwest US border, or more precisely, how to reunite them. In order to gain sufficient support for ways to address this and other immigration issues, the House has postponed...
by familyvoices | Jul 2, 2018 | Family Voices, NCFPP, Washington Update
A Georgetown Center on Children and Families blog post explains the recent Informational Bulletin to states about Medicaid coverage of services for neonatal abstinence syndrome.
by familyvoices | Jul 2, 2018 | Family Voices, NCFPP, Washington Update
Sky-High Deductibles Broke the U.S. Health Insurance System (Bloomberg, 6/26/18) How will marketplace premiums change in 2019? It depends where you live. (Kaiser Family Foundation, 6/21/18)