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Challenges Facing Managed Care Organizations under the Current Administration

Within the first six months of President Trump’s second term, his Administration and the GOP have already implemented significant policies that are reshaping health care in the United States. Through his Administration’s...more

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U.S. Supreme Court Will Not Hear Arguments Over Medicaid Work Requirements

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On April 18, 2022, the Supreme Court tossed two consolidated cases from Arkansas and New Hampshire addressing work requirements for Medicaid coverage that required potential Medicaid beneficiaries to work, attend school, or...more

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Georgia Sues HHS Over Medicaid Work Requirement Repeal

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On January 21, 2022, Georgia sued HHS over its withdrawal of the approval of the work requirement policy as a requirement for Medicaid eligibility in the Georgia Pathways to Coverage demonstration. As previously reported, in...more

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HHS Rescinds Medicaid Work Requirements for Ohio, South Carolina, and Utah, and Reopens Comment Period for Tennessee

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On August 10, 2021, CMS notified Ohio, South Carolina, and Utah that it is withdrawing its prior approval of the Medicaid demonstration projects in these states, which had established work requirements as a condition for...more

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HHS Revokes Arkansas and New Hampshire Medicaid Work Requirements

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On March 17, 2021, HHS notified Arkansas and New Hampshire officials that it was withdrawing its approval of demonstration projects which had permitted those states to impose work requirements as a condition for eligibility...more

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BREAKING: Supreme Court Cancels Arguments on Medicaid Work Requirements

On March 11, the Supreme Court removed the dispute over Medicaid work requirements, which was previously scheduled for March 29, from its argument calendar.  It is worth noting that the Court did not issue a ruling with its...more

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CMS Begins Internal Purge of Trump-Era Medicaid Policies

While CMS has been relatively quiet as of late from a public-facing perspective as it waits for new political leadership to arrive (including newly announced CMS Administrator, Chiquita Brooks-LaSure), a recent review by your...more

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CMS Indicates Reversal of Medicaid Work Requirements

On Friday, February 12, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) took a first step to ending Medicaid work requirements. Acting CMS Administration Elizabeth Richter sent letters to Medicaid Directors in states...more

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How the Biden Administration Can Reverse Trump’s Medicaid Work Requirements

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The U.S. Supreme Court will consider whether the federal government can approve state programs that force Medicaid participants to work, go to school, or volunteer to get benefits. Both Arkansas and the Justice Department...more

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Federal Appeals Court Strikes Down Arkansas Medicaid Work Requirements

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On February 14, 2020, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued its decision in Gresham et al. v. Azar et al., Case No. 19-5094, a case challenging HHS’s Medicaid waiver that allowed...more

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Washington D.C. Appellate Court Upholds Prohibition on Medicaid Work Requirement Waivers

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) suffered a big loss in court last week. The United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit upheld a lower court ruling that blocked CMS from implementing one of the...more

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Georgia Officials Announce Section 1115 Waiver Application to Expand Medicaid Eligibility

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On November 4, 2019, Georgia officials announced a proposed Section 1115 demonstration waiver, referred to as the “Georgia Pathways Health Waiver,” to expand Georgia’s Medicaid program eligibility for non-disabled adults. If...more

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Push for Medicaid Work Requirements Encounters Headwinds

Efforts by the federal government and some states to require certain Medicaid beneficiaries to work in order to maintain eligibility for benefits has run into a series of obstacles, both in the courts and in state...more

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Arkansas and Kentucky Halt Medicaid Work Requirements

On April 10, 2019, the Department of Justice filed notices appealing two District Court rulings that struck down Medicaid work requirements in both Kentucky and Arkansas to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of...more

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Federal District Court Judge Strikes Down Medicaid Work Requirements in Kentucky, Arkansas

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On March 27, 2019, U.S. District Court Judge James Boasberg for the District of Columbia issued two opinions that struck down the Secretary of HHS’s approval of Medicaid work requirement waivers in Kentucky and Arkansas. ...more

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Health Care Weekly Preview from ML Strategies – January 2018 #3

This week, President Trump will go before Congress for his first State of the Union address. Will it be olive branches or brickbats? The next deadline for a government-funding bill is February 8th, a week from Thursday. Will...more

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CMS Guidance Paves Way for Medicaid Work Requirements

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) started the year with a bang, issuing guidance on January 11, 2018, in support of Medicaid demonstration projects that condition coverage on beneficiary participation in work...more

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