Financing
Just saw an interesting press release from Arkansas Medicaid agency on July 12th which says that “Arkansas Medicaid finished State Fiscal Year 2013 just 1.5 percent over the previous year’s spending, marking the program’s lowest annual growth rate in more than three decades.” Thanks to Dylan Scott’s article in Governing Magazine for calling this to […]
By Martha Heberlein Back in early April, CMS released the final rule on FMAP claiming under the the Affordable Care Act. As covered in a previous blog by my colleague, Jocelyn Guyer, the rule describes the new threshold method that states will use to claim the appropriate matching funds for newly-eligible adults. It also provides more […]
By Anne Edwards, M.D., FAAP, Chair of the American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on State Government Affairs Pediatricians and other child advocates continue to work with their state Medicaid programs to implement a significant provision in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) to increase access to care in the program. Long sought by the […]
By Jocelyn Guyer On April 2nd, 2013, HHS released the “final” version (more on that below) of its FMAP claiming rule. It outlines the process states must use to figure out the matching rate that applies to adults who are covered by the expansion of Medicaid to 138 percent of the federal poverty line. This […]
By Tara Mancini Earlier this month, the Office of the Actuary at the Center for Medicare and Medicaid released its annual data on national health expenditures, finding that growth remained constant for a third consecutive year. Medicaid spending growth slowed, in contrast to spending by Medicare, private health insurers, and consumers’ out-of-pocket, all of which […]
This afternoon, Secretary Sebelius sent a letter to governors along with a list of answers to 39 Frequently Asked Questions related to the Medicaid expansion, exchanges and market reforms. As Joan Alker has posted before, we’ve been waiting patiently for the Medicaid expansion terms. As we learn more, our bloggers will have more to say […]
