New Opportunities for States to Better Serve Dual Eligibles
On December 19th, 2018, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) sent a letter to State Medicaid Directors outlining ten opportunities for...
A new poll shows new Congress what to prioritize
A new POLITICO-Harvard poll of US Adults found the top 5 areas where all respondents regardless of party tend to agree: reduce the federal...
The Federal Government still at an impasse
This week, the Democrats took over the United States House of Representatives and elected Nancy Pelosi as Speaker of the House. One of first...
US Health and Human Services is stepping up their cybersecurity assistance
During the last few days of 2018 The United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a 4 volume publication which lists...
CMS NEWS: Hospice Provider Preview Reports Now Available
Hospice provider preview reports and Hospice Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS) Survey provider preview reports have been updated and are now...
Congressional Updates
House Speaker Paul Ryan said Thursday morning that President Donald Trump will not sign the stopgap funding bill the Senate passed earlier this week....
Clinical Diagnostic Laboratories to Collect and Report Private Payor Rates Call —January 22
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) will be having a call on January 22 from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM CST to discuss...
Weekly open enrollment update: Week 7
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) releases weekly enrollment snapshots for the HealthCare.gov platform. These data points are estimates pulled at a...
Big Things Happening with Health Care, Workforce & Licensure
In 2017, the US Department of Labor announced a grant award of $7.5 million to the National Conference of State Legislature (NCSL), the National...
New price transparency requirements released by CMS
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released additional information on new price transparency requirements that go into effect Jan. 1 for...
