5 A handful of states have used SPAs to eliminate cost-sharing in Medicaid, while others will pay for COVID-19 testing and testing-related services for the uninsured. In April, CMS approved elements of Washington State’s Section 1115 waiver allowing the state to establish a COVID-19 ...
Introduction Federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) provide comprehensive primary care services to nearly 30 million low-income patients across the US without concern for ability to pay.1,2 Federally qualified health centers serve 1 in 5 Medicaid enrollees, 1 in 5 rural residents, and 1 in ...
In addition to technical amendments to BBA 97, BBRA 99 included provisions allowing for increased Medicaid disproportionate share payments to hospitals for certain states and the District of Columbia, and for extended access to a special $500 million fund to pay for Medicaid eligibility determinations...
In the first year a state qualifies for the disaster-recovery adjusted FMAP rate, the FMAP rate shall be equal to the regular FMAP rate as determined for the fiscal year, plus 50% of the difference between the current year's regular FMAP rate and the preceding year's FMAP rate. For the...
(Under current law, such presumptive eligibility determinations can be made for children, pregnant women, and certain women with breast or cervical cancer.) During periods of presumptive eligibility, family planning services and supplies would be covered, and states would have the option to also ...
Medicaid eligibility may make it appear that Black and Hispanic beneficiaries have the same ability as their white peers to pay for care. But the reality is that they don't have the same reserves—and we're seeing the impact of that in their forgoing doctor's visits and needed medications...
women over 50 had received breast cancer screening in the past 12 months under HMP, and more than half of adults over 50 had received colon cancer screening. Cancer screenings, and other proven preventive screenings and vaccinations, are covered by the Healthy Michigan Plan with no co-pay. ...