This week—two weeks before the inauguration of a new President—the self-proclaimed “Good Guidance Practices” regulation issued by the outgoing Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) takes effect. As proposed in August, the regulation was not so good for Medicaid and CHIP. In its final form, published on December 7, the regulation […]
The Georgetown University Center for Children and Families submitted the following comments to CMS on the proposed changes to current Medicaid and CHIP policies and procedures relating to prior authorization and electronic exchange of health care data. Comments-Prior-Auth-NPRM-FINAL
Georgetown University Center for Children and Families submitted the following comments to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on the proposed SUNSET rule. CCF Comments SUNSET NPRM
The Georgetown University Center for Children and Families submitted the following comments to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on the proposed Good Guidance Practices regulations. CCF_good_guidance_comments-1
The Georgetown University Center for Children and Families and 278 other organizations sent the following letter to the Secretary of Health and Human Services urging him to take action on certain pending section 1115 demonstration waivers to address racial disparities and years of systematic racism. Medicaid_Supporting Black Women Sign-On Letter
In a speech to the National Association of Medicaid Directors last November, Administrator Seema Verma announced that CMS would be overhauling regulations to tighten the standards for eligibility verification in Medicaid and CHIP. For many months, the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) was listed on the regulatory review dashboard at the Office of Information and […]
