Medicaid and housing for the disabled

Federal Health Policy Update for Thursday, December 9

The following is the latest health policy news from the federal government as of 2:30 p.m. on Thursday, December 9. Some of the language used below is taken directly from government documents. Update on Efforts to Delay Medicare Sequestration Cuts The Senate has advanced S 610, a bill that would: Extend the COVID-19-driven moratorium on the long-time two percent Medicare sequestration until the end of March 2022, reducing that sequestration from two percent to one percent from the beginning of April through the end of June 2022. Avoid the additional four percent sequestration necessitated by federal PAYGO rules by moving [...]

admin2021-12-09T16:47:04+00:00December 9, 2021|Congress, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Medicaid, Medicaid and housing for the disabled, Medicare cuts, Medicare reimbursement policy|

MACPAC Meets

The Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission met for two days last week in Washington, D.C. The following is MACPAC’s own summary of the sessions. MACPAC kicked off its January meeting with a review of a draft chapter for the March 2021 report to Congress and recommendations on a mandatory extension of Medicaid coverage for 12 months postpartum. The Commission received extensive public comment on the recommendations. On Friday, the Commission approved three recommendations as drafted related to postpartum coverage. The Commission recommended that Congress should: extend the postpartum coverage period for individuals who were eligible and enrolled in [...]

admin2021-02-03T06:00:34+00:00February 3, 2021|Medicaid, Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission, Medicaid and housing for the disabled, Medicaid long-term services and supports, Medicaid regulations for the disabled|

Medicaid to Help Pay for Food, Heat, Rent?

Maybe. At least that is what Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar hinted during a recent symposium held in Salt Lake City. During the event, Azar said that HHS’s Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation seeks …solutions for the whole person, including addressing housing, nutrition, and other social needs. Azar hinted at future CMMI action, saying that What if we gave organizations more flexibility so they could pay a beneficiary's rent if they were in unstable housing, or make sure that a diabetic had access to, and could afford, nutritious food? If that sounds like an exciting idea [...]

admin2018-11-16T06:00:28+00:00November 16, 2018|Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, Medicaid, Medicaid and housing for the disabled|

States Get More Time to Improve Approach to Serving the Elderly, Disabled

The federal government is giving state three additional years to improve their Medicaid-funded efforts to help keep the elderly and the disabled in the community. The requirement, established in 2014 for implementation by 2019, requires states to do more to enable the elderly to remain in their homes rather than go to nursing homes and to help the disabled live and work in the community or at least have greater control of their own lives while residing in group home settings. Among the approaches states have been developing in response to the federal requirements are offering seniors programs of long-term [...]

admin2017-05-16T06:00:49+00:00May 16, 2017|Medicaid, Medicaid and housing for the disabled, Medicaid regulations|