Medicaid – Page 9 – Center For Children and Families

Community-Based Assistance Programs Support Applicants Where They Live and are a Gold Standard for Outreach

In this final installment of our series on Medicaid and CHIP outreach, we look at community-based assistance programs and resources in each state. Personalized assistance is critical to helping individuals and families find and access support to navigate confusing processes. CCF’s state outreach snapshot found state-supported outreach assistance programs in 30 states. Most, states with […]

Natalie Lawson

August 9, 2024

GAO Releases Report on Federal Oversight and the Unwinding

There are many lessons to be learned from the unwinding, but among the top items on the list is the discovery that many states are not following federal renewal regulations that have been in place for more than a decade. Noting that, the Government Accountability Office (GOA) has released a report entitled: “Medicaid: Federal Oversight […]

Tricia Brooks

August 8, 2024

This Year’s House Republican Budget Resolution Also Includes Severe Medicaid Cuts

While Medicaid continues to fly beneath the radar as an election issue, it is increasingly clear that the results of this fall’s federal elections will determine whether Medicaid will be at serious threat of deep and damaging cuts next year. I have previously written about the severe Medicaid cuts proposed in the Project 2025 blueprint […]

Edwin Park

August 7, 2024

Medicaid Drug Rebate Program News and Notes, 2024 Edition

Periodically I write up news on the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program (MDRP) and here’s another (albeit overdue) edition highlighting some recent MDRP policy developments: The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will not finalize its proposal to require manufacturers to “stack” discounts when determining best price under the MDRP. The best price requirement, which […]

Edwin Park

July 31, 2024

Loper Bright Decision Will Collapse on Itself, Policy Evidence is More Important than Ever Before in Driving Progress

We blogged recently about the Supreme Court’s historic power grab in the Loper Bright case, which turned agency law on its head by overturning the Chevron case, the cornerstone of modern agency law. In Loper Bright, the Supreme Court’s clear intention is to weaken federal agencies, which is readily apparent in the decision itself and, […]

Leonardo Cuello

July 31, 2024

Tennessee to Begin Providing Diapers for Children Under Age 2 in Medicaid

Following CMS approval of its 1115 demonstration amendment earlier this year, Tennessee is set to begin covering diapers as a Medicaid benefit on August 7th. All children under age two enrolled in Medicaid and CHIP (known as TennCare and CoverKids, respectively) will be eligible to receive up to 100 diapers per month as a covered […]

Allexa Gardner

July 30, 2024