April 2016

CMS Finalizes Requirement that States Conduct Medicaid Access Reviews, Excludes Regular Reviews of Access to Hospital Services

February 2016

SMDL Outlining New Federal Restrictions on Medicaid Reimbursement for Outpatient Drugs, Including for 340B Entities

February 2016

CMS approves Alabama’s 1115 Medicaid waiver, establishing provider-based Regional Care Organizations and providing time limited incentive payments for quality improvement activities.

February 2016

President’s FY2017 budget proposal includes additional incentives for states to expand Medicaid, permanent DSH rebasing, CHIP extension, extended Medicaid primary care pay bump and cuts to Medicare IME and bad debt.

February 2016

MACPAC issues congressionally-mandated report on Medicaid DSH, recommends better targeting of funds to hospitals most in need.