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King & Spalding Represents Medicaid Beneficiaries in a Suit to Challenge the Approval of the TennCare III Medicaid Demonstration...

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On April 22, 2021, thirteen Medicaid beneficiaries, represented by the National Health Law Program, the Tennessee Justice Center, and King & Spalding, filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia...more

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Advocates File Suit Over Tennessee Waiver – Dissecting the Complaint

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On April 22, 2021 the Tennessee Justice Center and the National Health Law Program, representing thirteen (13) aggrieved Medicaid beneficiaries in the state of Tennessee, filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the District...more

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CMS Begins Internal Purge of Trump-Era Medicaid Policies

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While CMS has been relatively quiet as of late from a public-facing perspective as it waits for new political leadership to arrive (including newly announced CMS Administrator, Chiquita Brooks-LaSure), a recent review by your...more

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CMS Approves Tennessee “Block Grant” Waiver: A Summary and Analysis from your Editors

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...On Friday January 8th, in the final days of the Trump Administration, CMS announced approval of a first-in-the-nation waiver that would permit Tennessee to transition from Medicaid’s longstanding, open-ended financing...more

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Oklahoma releases draft “block grant” waiver application for public comment

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We are still reviewing the just-released draft waiver from Oklahoma, but wanted to share with our readers in the meantime. As we’ve discussed... we expected Oklahoma to be the first-mover after release of the Trump...more

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The Fiscal Impact of the Trump Administration’s Medicaid Block Grant Initiative - Prepared for the Commonwealth Fund

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The Trump administration recently invited states to apply for the new Healthy Adult Opportunity Medicaid demonstration initiative, which lets states opt in to a block grant funding model for a portion of their Medicaid...more

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What Does New Block Grant Guidance Mean for Medicaid?

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The Trump administration has issued sweeping new Medicaid guidance, continuing its efforts to cap federal Medicaid funding. The new policy relies on untested legal theories to implement the fundamental “bargain” of block...more

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CMS Issues Guidance Inviting States to Request Limited Medicaid Block Grant Waivers

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On January 30, 2020, CMS issued long-awaited guidance to states regarding the opportunity to access Medicaid funding through block grants or per-capita caps....more

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Administration Proposes Medicaid Block Grants Demonstration

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a State Medicaid Director (SMD) letter and fact sheet on Jan. 30, 2020, that encouraged states to pursue block grant or per capita cap funding through their Medicaid...more

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ACA Medicaid Expansion Weakens: Trump Administration Unveils Optional Plan for Block Grants

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January 30th, 2020 marked a dramatic change in Medicaid funding, as the Trump Administration and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) showcased a plan, called the “Healthy Adult Opportunity,” that would permit...more

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CMS Releases Block Grant Guidance: Answers to your FAQs

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On January 30, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued its long awaited and highly anticipated State Medicaid Director Letter (SMD Letter) announcing the “Healthy Adult Opportunity” (HAO) initiative...more

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CMS Releases Long-Awaited Block Grant Guidance

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On Thursday, Jan. 30, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Healthy Adult Opportunity initiative, long-awaited guidance that would enable states to convert Medicaid funding into a block grant for...more

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Ten Things to Watch for in the Forthcoming Block Grant Guidance (Updated)

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UPDATED: It’s out! The much anticipated guidance, entitled the “Healthy Adult Opportunity” (HAO), from CMS introducing ways to revamp Medicaid financing has been out for nearly a week and we have had some time to review the...more

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CMS Withdraws Block Grant Guidance – What’s Next?

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We’ve posted previously the long-standing rumor (substantiated by several folks within the Administration) that CMS is working on a guidance document to states to receive their Medicaid funding through a block grant. In June,...more

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Manatt on Health: Medicaid Edition - Tennessee Medicaid Block Grant Proposal Will Test CMS Policy

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On September 17, Tennessee unveiled for public comment a draft waiver proposal seeking federal approval to amend its long-standing Section 1115 demonstration by applying a block grant financing model to its Medicaid program...more

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Tennessee Announces First-in-Nation Block Grant Proposal

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On September 17, 2019, Tennessee released its proposal to block grant most of the funding the state’s Medicaid program (TennCare) receives from the Federal government. If approved by CMS, the amendment to the state’s...more

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The Buzz About Block Grants

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With the recent scoop from Politico that the Trump Administration is considering giving states the ability to implement Medicaid block grants, there has been considerable speculation on what the Administration is planning....more

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As Congress Struggles With ACA Repeal, Trump Administration Moves Forward With Regulatory Reform

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The Trump administration and Republican-led Congress spent substantial time and political capital in 2017 on efforts to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and enact sweeping Medicaid reform. By the end of the...more

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Fractal Geometry, Actuarial Risk, and §1332 Waivers—The Role of the States in Reforming Health Care

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At this writing, the prospects for success of the latest Republican effort to replace the Affordable Care Act appear bleak — but the Graham-Cassidy bill on which the GOP has pinned its last-ditch hopes highlights a major...more

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After GOP fails to repeal Obamacare, what’s next for U.S. health care?

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As the late, sultry diva Peggy Lee used to croon: Is that all there is? The Republicans in Washington, after seven years of trying and dozens of faux earlier votes, have failed to repeal and replace the Affordable Care...more

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Senate Releases Repeal and Replace Legislation on ACA: The Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017

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After weeks of secrecy, the Senate has released a discussion draft of legislation that is the counterpart of the American Health Care Act (AHCA) previously passed by the House. The Senate legislation, entitled the Better Care...more

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Highlights of Better Care Reconciliation Act

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U.S. Senate Republicans on June 22, 2017, unveiled a "discussion draft" of their healthcare plan, the Better Care Reconciliation Act. This memorandum provides highlights of key provisions. The Congressional Budget Office...more

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Senate GOP’s Health Care Plan Reshapes House’s Bill to Repeal and Replace the Affordable Care Act

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When the House of Representatives narrowly passed H.R. 1628, the American Health Care Act (AHCA), and shipped it across the Capitol for the Senate’s consideration, key senators said they intended to write their own bill...more

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Provider Payments Under a Medicaid Per Capita Cap

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In a February 24th blog post, we described Medicaid block grants and per capita caps in terms of A x B = C to demonstrate how those payment policies work. ‘A’ is the amount a state is paid per beneficiary, ‘B’ is the number...more

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Manatt on Health Reform: Weekly Highlights - March 2017

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House Republicans release long-awaited ACA repeal and replace legislation, Arkansas proposes a new waiver amendment to lower expansion adult eligibility levels, and California and Maine are considering new policies to tackle...more

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