Washington DC Update News
Below are recent articles from the Washington DC Update newsletter, a weekly Family Voices newsletter that provides the latest on national policy affecting children/youth with special health care needs and their families, and also shares relevant resources and happenings in the field.
Medicaid Waiver News (Washington Update, August 22, 2018)
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...
Affordable Care Act News (Washington Update, August 22, 2018)
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)...
TRICARE News (Washington Update, August 22, 2018)
August 23 Webinar: Bring Your TRICARE Benefit Questions to August 23 Webinar (article) Webinar: Ask TRICARE -- Thursday, August 23, 1:00-2:00 pm ET. Register. Benefit Updates: Using Your TRICARE Benefit with Other Health Insurance (TRICARE Benefit Update, 8/7/18) How...
From the Food & Drug Administration Newsroom: Generic Epigen (Washington Update, August 22, 2018)
Aug. 16 -- FDA Approves First Generic Version of Epipen The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved the first generic version of EpiPen and EpiPen Jr (epinephrine) auto-injector for the emergency treatment of allergic reactions, including those that are...
Q&A from a Conversation on Models of Care Delivery (Washington Update, August 22, 2018)
Read the responses to questions that were submitted during the June 28 "Conversation on Models of Care Delivery for Children with Medical Complexity," a webinar in the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health series, Building Systems that Work for Children with...
Materials from Webinar on Medicaid Storytelling (Washington Update, August 22, 2018)
The webinar recording and slides from last week’s webinar, “Demonstrating Medicaid’s Value through Storytelling,” are now available on the website of the Georgetown Center on Children and Families here.
CDC Training and Materials on Health Literacy (Washington Update, August 22, 2018)
CDC has created the Health Literacy Training Plan to help build knowledge and skills consistent with new, professional communication practices. (You must create an account to access the information.) The training starts with the "Health Literacy for Public Health...
Your Input Sought/Of Possible Interest (Washington Update, August 22, 2018)
YOUR INPUT SOUGHT Indian Health Service Seeks Comments on Draft Strategic Plan Comments due August 23. As described in a Federal Register Notice, The Indian Health Service (IHS) is developing an agency-wide Strategic Plan for fiscal years 2018-2022, and is seeking...
Upcoming Webinars from the Field (Washington Update, August 8, 2018)
NEW HRSA Grants Education & Technical Assistance WEBINAR SERIES for Tribes, Tribal Organizations, Indian Health, Tribal and Urban Indian Health Programs Wednesday, August 8, 1:00-2:30 pm ET – Preparing a Budget for Your Grant Proposal Wednesday, Sept. 12,...
The Courts: Four Major Cities Sue the Administration about ACA Implementation (Washington Update, August 8, 2018)
On August 1, the cities of Baltimore, Chicago, Cincinnati, and Columbus, Ohio, filed suit in a federal district court in Baltimore. See Four U.S. Cities Sue over Trump “Sabotage” of Obamacare (Reuters, 8/2/18). The plaintiffs allege that the administration has taken...
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