Feb 1, 2017 | ACA, Executive Action, News and Updates
On Inauguration Day, President Trump signed an Executive Order instructing his administration to “exercise all authority and discretion available . . . to waive, defer, grant exemptions from, or delay the implementation of” the Affordable Care Act (ACA) pending repeal...
Jan 31, 2017 | 340B, News and Updates
Jan. 31, 2017: HRSA has withdrawn its 340B Program Omnibus Guidelines. HRSA’s Office of Pharmacy Affairs (OPA) first issued the guidance, which would have dramatically restricted key elements of the program, in August 2015. OPA submitted the final version of...
Dec 13, 2016 | News and Updates, Rulemaking
Following the release of a Request for Information in August, CMS issued an interim final rule on December 12 requiring dialysis facilities that offer premium assistance for individual market health plans, whether directly or through a third party, to educate patients...
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. ...
