Dec 6, 2016 | 340B, Resources
HRSA Office of Pharmacy Affairs Program Website Law and Guidance Section 340B of the Public Health Service Act Selected Critical Guidance NEW: Proposed OPPS Rule, 340B Excerpt (July 20, 2017) NEW: OPA Withdrawal of Omnibus Guidance (Jan. 2017) 340B Drug Pricing...
Nov 18, 2016 | Directed Payments, Medicaid Managed Care, Medicaid Managed Page, News and Updates, Rulemaking
CMS issues proposed rule that would limit the ability of states to create new or increased pass-through payments to providers in their Medicaid managed care programs. In its final Medicaid managed care rule issued last spring, CMS had explicitly allowed states to...
Nov 10, 2016 | Directed Payments, Medicaid Managed Care, Medicaid Managed Page, News and Updates
On Nov. 10, 2016, CMS issued its first set of Frequently Asked Questions on the Medicaid Managed Care Final Rule published in May. For more information on the Final Rule and the latest explanatory guidance, see our Medicaid Managed Care Resources Page. ...
Nov 2, 2016 | DSH, News and Updates
October 27, 2016: At its October meeting, the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC) considered policies to improve targeting of Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) payments, with respect to both hospitals and states, but did not come to...
Oct 27, 2016 | Medicaid, News and Updates, Waivers
Oct. 24, 2016: CMS has approved Vermont’s Medicaid 1115 demonstration program, an important component of the state’s all-payer Accountable Care Organization (ACO) model. The initiative, which also has received funding from the CMS Center for Medicare and...
