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Missouri Strives for Operational Excellence

According to a recent state newsletter, the Missouri Department of Mental Health (DMH), which includes the Division of Developmental...
September 25, 2019Jeanine Zlockie

South Carolina Submits 1115 Demonstration for Community Engagement Requirement

South Carolina submitted a Community Engagement Section 1115 Demonstration Waiver Application (“demonstration”) to CMS.
July 9, 2019Jeanine Zlockie

New York Initiating “People First Care Coordination”

New York is starting a new initiative, called People First Care Coordination that will enhance and expand service...
August 10, 2017Jeanine Zlockie

Nebraska Releases Long-Term Care Redesign Plan

Nebraska’s Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) released a Long-Term Care Redesign Plan draft, a proposal to improve...
April 3, 2017Jeanine Zlockie

Four GOP Governors Call for New Approach to Medicaid Reform

Four GOP governors wrote congressional leaders saying that the AHCA’S approach to Medicaid would not work for states and...
March 20, 2017Dan Berland

CBO Scores AHCA

The CBO score estimates that enacting the AHCA would reduce federal deficits by $337 billion over the 2017-2026 period,...
March 20, 2017Dan Berland

Washington’s Accountable Communities for Health Update

According to a recent Center’s For HealthCare Strategies (CHCS) Blog, “Washington’s Accountable Communities for Health (ACHs) are a key component...
March 10, 2017Jeanine Zlockie

Leaked Copy of House ACA/Medicaid Bill Includes Per Capita Caps

A leaked copy of House RepublicanACA repeal legislation includes Medicaid per capita caps.  
March 3, 2017Dan Berland

House Republican Policy Brief Lays Out Medicaid Reform and ACA Approach

The policy brief includes a state option to choose either a block grant or a per capita cap approach to...
February 17, 2017Dan Berland

NAMD Outlines Key Policy Considerations in ACA and Medicaid Discussions

NAMD has developed two documents to inform policy discussions around the future of Medicaid and the ACA.
December 16, 2016Dan Berland

CMS RFI Seeks Input on Expanding HCBS

CMS has issued a RFI with a broad request for additional reforms and policy options to accelerate the...
November 16, 2016Dan Berland

Massachusetts Receives One Care Capitated Model Demonstration Annual Evaluation.

Massachusetts has received the first annual evaluation report of the One Care Capitated Model Demonstration under the Medicare-Medicaid Financial Alignment. 
October 21, 2016Jeanine Zlockie

Maine Issues State Plan on Aging and Disability

Maine Office of Aging and Disability Services submits State Plan on Aging to the Administration on Community Living (ACL).
July 8, 2016Jeanine Zlockie

North Carolina Initiates Medicaid Reforms

North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory signed an application that will transform Medicaid.
July 8, 2016Jeanine Zlockie

Vermont Releases RFP for Next Generation Accountable Care Organization

Vermont released an request for proposal (RFP) for its Next Generation Accountable Care Organization (Vermont Next...
June 6, 2016Jeanine Zlockie

NASDDDS Offers Comments to Ban Electrical Stimulation Devices

The National Association of State Directors for Developmental Disabilities Services (NASDDDS) supports the proposed ban on electrical stimulation devices...
May 24, 2016Jeanine Zlockie

KFF Brief Examines Streamlining Medicaid HCBS Authority

A new issue brief examines the concept of a streamlined Medicaid HCBS authority. The paper was co-authored by Mary...
March 11, 2016Dan Berland

Nebraska Issues Long-Term Care Concept Paper

The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services Division of Medicaid and Long-Term Care (MLTC), which includes the Division...
February 23, 2016Jeanine Zlockie

Bipartisan Policy Center Releases Recommendations for LTSS Financing

The Bipartisan Policy Center, a Washington think tank founded in 2007 by former Senate Majority Leaders Howard Baker, Tom...
February 4, 2016Dan Berland

Legislation Would Expand Right to Community Integration

The Disability Integration Act, modeled after the ADA, expresses in law an explicit civil right for people with disabilities...
January 4, 2016Dan Berland