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Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
(CMS) is providing an at-a-glance summary of news from around the agency:
Medicaid Postpartum Coverage
Expands to Alabama and North Dakota
January 11, 2023: CMS marked another important maternal
health milestone by approving Medicaid and Children’s Health
Insurance Program (CHIP) postpartum coverage expansions in Alabama and a
Medicaid postpartum coverage expansion in North Dakota through the
American Rescue Plan (ARP). Nationally, more than 439,000 people across
28 states and the District of Columbia now have access to Medicaid and
CHIP coverage for a full 12 months following pregnancy — up from just 60
days before the ARP. Postpartum coverage extensions form one of the
cornerstones of CMS’ Maternity
Care Action Plan — part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s
Blueprint for Addressing the Maternal Health Crisis. Click here and here to learn more about Alabama’s
approvals, and here
to learn more about North Dakota’s approval.
CMS Acts to Lower Prescription
Drug Costs Under the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA)
January 23, 2023: CMS issued a Medicaid Drug Rebate Program manufacturers’
release providing drug manufacturers with technical
information on the impact of the Inflation Reduction Act and other
statutory changes on the calculation of Medicaid rebate reporting
metrics.
January 23, 2023: CMS began to propose its data collection
processes essential to carrying out the first year of the Medicare Drug
Negotiation Program by posting a 60-day Federal
Register Notice. CMS will gather information necessary to
identify which drugs qualify for the small biotech manufacturer exemption
for the early years of the Negotiation Program.
CMS has a number of resources available to help people with
Medicare understand the reduced drug costs
made possible under the Inflation Reduction Act, including a fact sheet
and frequently
asked questions about the updated Medicare cost sharing for
insulin.
CMS Released 2022
Accomplishments and Spotlights Key Advances in Health Care
January 26, 2023: CMS highlights key 2022
Accomplishments detailing the agency’s focus on continuous
operational improvement and setting the benchmark for health-system
transformation. CMS has made tremendous progress on its six
strategic pillars: advancing health equity,
expanding access, engaging partners, driving innovation, protecting
programs, and fostering excellence, as well as the 13 cross-cutting
initiatives driving results across the agency.
Rural Emergency Hospitals’
Guidance Released for Newest Medicare Provider Type
January 26, 2023: CMS released guidance
for the newest Medicare provider type, Rural Emergency Hospitals (REH),
outlining requirements on delivery of care, the conversion process for
eligible facilities, survey guidelines, and the Conditions of
Participation that facilities must meet to participate in the Medicare
program. This new provider type was established to address the growing
concern over closures of rural hospitals. The REH designation,
established by the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, provides an
opportunity for Critical Access Hospitals and certain rural hospitals to
continue to provide essential services to their communities.
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Department of Health and Human Services, serves the public as a trusted
partner and steward, dedicated to advancing health equity, expanding
coverage, and improving health outcomes. The agency protects the public
health by administering the Medicare program and working in partnership
with state governments to administer Medicaid, CHIP, and health
insurance portability standards.
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