According to an exclusive report from STAT, sometime last year, federal officials decided to redirect billions in funds from the $175 billion CARES Act’s Provider Relief Fund to the “Operation Warp Speed” (OWS) vaccine...more
On October 20, 2020, CMS approved Nebraska’s Medicaid expansion program – named the “Heritage Health Adult,” or HHA – under Section 1115 of the Social Security Act, creating a new two-tiered system of Medicaid benefits for...more
On July 6, 2020, the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations released its draft Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 funding bill for the Departments of Labor, Education, and HHS (the Bill), which includes several interesting...more
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On June 9, 2020, HHS announced that it will distribute, through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), two new rounds of funding to healthcare providers treating low-income and uninsured patients during the...more
Following President Trump’s declaration of a national emergency related to COVID-19 on March 13, 2020, CMS has been swiftly approving states’ requests for flexibilities for their Medicaid programs as they continue to battle...more