New to TRICARE? The Basics You Need to Know Jan. 3, 2019 Calendar Year Costs for TRICARE Resets Jan. 1 Dec. 18, 2018 TRICARE implemented in 2018 include changing cost limits from a fiscal-year cycle to a calendar-year cycle. Therefore, annual catastrophic caps and...

New National Center on Advancing Person-Centered Practices and Systems The Administration for Community Living and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently announced the launch of the National Center on Advancing Person-Centered Practices and Systems...

Comments to CMS about Proposed Rule on Medicaid/CHIP Managed Care – due Jan. 14, 2019 On November 8, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) (proposed rule) to amend the 2016 managed care final rule issued...

Health insurance marketplaces are still open for enrollment in California, Colorado, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New York, Rhode Island, and Washington, DC. The following resources might be helpful to consumers. Health Insurance Marketplace Calculator This tool from the...

Create Your Crisis Communication Plan Wednesday, December 19, 1:00 pm ET Emergency Partners Information Connection (EPIC) program of the CDC Click https://zoom.us/j/336888256 to join the webinar or telephone: Dial (for higher quality, dial a number based on your...

Court Finds That the ACA Is Unconstitutional, But the Law is Still in Effect No doubt you have heard by now about the recent ruling in a case challenging the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), Texas v. United States (also known as Texas v. Azar). A...

Congress and the president have not yet reached an agreement on funding for construction of a wall between the U.S. and Mexico, which the president is seeking. If they do not come to an agreement by December 21, there will be a partial government “shut-down” affecting...

Proposed Changes to Medicaid Managed Care Rule Will Reduce Access to Providers (Blog of the Georgetown Center on Children and Families, 12/6/18) - short Inside the Trump Administration’s Proposed Medicaid Managed Care Rule (Health Affairs blog, 12/5/18) - long...

The annual open-enrollment season for the federal health insurance exchange (HealthCare.gov) ended on December 15. Some state exchanges are still open for enrollment, however – those in California, Colorado, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New York, Rhode Island, and...

Expanded TRICARE Coverage for Ambulance Services (12/13/18) Missed TRICARE Open Season? There's Still Time to Act! Dec. 11, 2018 If you missed TRICARE Open Season, you still have time to enroll. For this year only, you can enroll in or change your TRICARE Prime or...