CMS seeks feedback from a wide variety of stakeholders on ways MA can: Advance Health Equity; Expand Access to Coverage and Care; Drive Innovation to […]
News Topic: Policy
Telehealth Congressional Update
One silver lining of the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) has been the rapid expansion of telehealth. Congress is still figuring out exactly which flexibilities […]
Improving Medicaid Redeterminations
HHS Secretary Becerra has committed to giving states at least 60 days of advance notice before the end of the PHE, so if this current […]
Deadline for Late Reporting and Reissued PRF Opportunity July 29
Providers who failed to submit a PRF report for Reporting Period 1(RP1) and returned the corresponding PRF payments to HRSA before HRSA announced a late reporting […]
First-Ever HCBS Quality Measure Set
On 7/21/22, CMS issued a letter to State Medicaid Directors on the recommended HCBS Quality Measure Set that is intended to support states with improving […]
LeadingAge Hosts Congressional Briefing: Addressing the Workforce Crisis in Aging Services
To coincide with our new campaign, “Aging Services Workforce Now,” LeadingAge held a Congressional Briefing on July 20, 2022, for Senate and House staff. The […]
HCBS Investment Opportunities
CMS and Medicaid leaders have been weighing in on Medicaid Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) possibilities during these historic times of federal investment. On the […]
Medicaid Policies and Pathways Impacting Older Adults
From March through May 2022, the Kaiser Family Foundation conducted a survey of Medicaid state eligibility officials. KFF has provided two policy briefs based on […]
Another LeadingAge Workforce Win Included in FY 2023 Labor HHS Appropriations Bill
On June 30, the House Appropriations Committee approved the fiscal year (FY) 2023 Labor, Health and Human Services (HHS), Education and Related Agencies Appropriations bill. […]
PDPM, OBRA, and Case-Mix: Considerations for Using the MDS
The beginning of the fiscal year 2020 brought about significant changes in Medicare Part A with an entirely new system for billing in the Patient-Driven […]