News & Analysis as of

Prescription Drugs 1115 Waivers

McDermott Will & Emery

Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up Newsletter | January 2024 Recap

McDermott Will & Emery on

This issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights regulatory activity for January 2024. We discuss several US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) agency actions, including the new Innovation in...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Medicaid and the Law

Oregon’s New Waiver Request to Exclude Accelerated Approval Drugs from Medicaid Coverage

Hello readers! Today’s post focuses on a topic we’ve touched on a few times in the past – Medicaid drug formularies. Back in December 2021, the state of Oregon released a draft Medicaid waiver proposal that caught the...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

What Does New Block Grant Guidance Mean for Medicaid?

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

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

CMS Releases Long-Awaited Block Grant Guidance

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

Foley Hoag LLP - Medicaid and the Law

Tennessee Announces First-in-Nation Block Grant Proposal

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

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

Final Opioid Legislation Expands Treatment Options for Medicaid Beneficiaries with Substance Use Disorder

The final bipartisan opioid package, which passed in the Senate this week and is expected to be signed into law, includes a significant revision from the original House bill that could lead to an increase in treatment options...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

Health Care Weekly Preview from ML Strategies – July 2018

This week, Congress returns from recess to another four-week work period that will immediately become contentious. Tonight, President Trump is expected to make his Supreme Court pick this week. This could change the dynamics...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

A Deeper Dive: What the Trump Administration Blueprint to Lower Drug Prices Might Mean for Medicaid

It has been a few weeks since the publication of the Trump Administration’s Blueprint to Lower Drug Prices, and Secretary Azar’s Request for Information (RFI) on the Blueprint. We previously posted about the Blueprint’s focus...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

Health Care Weekly Preview from ML Strategies – June 2018 #2

Welcome to the third week of this four week stretch. This week, the House will continue to vote on a number of proposals to address the opioid crisis. Last week the House passed over 30 bills on opioids, most of which were...more

Baker Donelson

Medicaid Forecast: Slower Enrollment Growth and Higher Spending Growth for FY 2017 – 2018: Results from a 50-State Medicaid Budget...

Baker Donelson on

On October 19, Kaiser Family Foundation and Health Management Associates hosted a joint briefing to release their 17th Annual 50-State Medicaid Budget Survey for state fiscal years (FY) 2017 and 2018. The survey highlights...more

10 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 1

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide