Weekly Roundup

July 15, 2015

In Focus:

Montana Announces Medicaid Expansion Waiver

Roundup:

Alaska Governor to Announce Plans for Medicaid Expansion Arkansas to Increase Resources for Eligibility Checks California Delays Orange County Duals Demo Passive Enrollment Florida Issues RFI for Health Information Exchange Vendor Louisiana Releases RFI for Specialized Behavioral Health Services Uninsured Rate Drops to 11.4 Percent Cost of Covering People Newly Eligible for Medicaid Significantly Higher Than Expected

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July 8, 2015

In Focus:

Dual Eligible Demonstration Enrollment Update

Roundup:

California Issues New Policy Guidelines On Treating Hep C Kentucky Awards Five Medicaid Managed Care Contracts Montana Medicaid Expansion Waiver Released New York Releases Behavioral Health RFQ Pennsylvania AG Sues Operator of 14 Nursing Homes CMS to Ease Physician Transition to ICD-10 Codes

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July 1, 2015

In Focus:

Oklahoma ABD Care Coordination RFI

Roundup:

California Budget Funds Services for Immigrant Children California Specialty Mental Health Waiver Approved Florida Budget Funds HCBS Waiver Slots, Rate Increases New Jersey Approves Three out of Six Medicaid ACO Applicants New York FIDA, HARP, DSRIP, MLTC Updates Following Supreme Court Decision, Pennsylvania Withdraws Plan to Create Exchange CMS Publishes Reinsurance Payment Report States Consider Regional Networks or Switch to Federal Marketplace After Supreme Court Ruling

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June 24, 2015

In Focus:

Consumer Engagement IT

Roundup:

Florida and CMS Reach Tentative Deal on LIP Funding North Carolina House Passes Medicaid Managed Care Bill CMS Releases Medicaid Managed-Care Rate Guidelines Affordable Care Act Drives Sharpest Decline in Uninsured Ever Recorded

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June 17, 2015

In Focus:

Virginia Solicits Comments on Medicaid MLTSS Design

Roundup:

Florida MCOs Struggle to Meet Solvency Requirements Fallon Health Plan to Exit Massachusetts Duals Demo California to Fund Immigrant Health Program Nevada to Allow ABD, LTSS Managed Care Transition New Jersey Medicaid Agency cancels plans for a Behavioral Health ASO RFP New York Waiver Population Carve-Ins Delayed Arkansas, Delaware, Pennsylvania State Exchanges Approved

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June 10, 2015

In Focus:

Pennsylvania Releases MLTSS Discussion Document

Roundup:

Arizona Medicaid Abandons Five Percent Provider Rate Cut Florida Legislative Updates on LIP, CON, and FHIX Emory, WellStar Break Off Merger Talks New York Allocates VAPAP Funds Partners Health Plan Selected for New York FIDA-IDD Texas HHSC Commissioner Janek to Step Down West Virginia Judge Grants Injunction in Medicaid Managed Care Expansion Case White House Report Shows Large Savings for Expanding Medicaid

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June 3, 2015

In Focus:

Medicaid Managed Care RFIs Issued in Arkansas, Pennsylvania

Roundup:

Florida FHIX Expansion Bill Passes Senate New York Medicaid Managed Care Contracts Renewed Texas Finalizes Budget with $61.2 Billion in Medicaid Funding Alabama Legislature Passes Medicaid Reform Bill New Jersey Plans to Add MLTSS for Expansion Population Pennsylvania Solicits Comments on MLTSS Planning Document Texas Telemedicine Rules Put on Hold by Federal Judge California Exploring Funding Housing Through Medicaid

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May 27, 2015

In Focus:

CMS Issues Long-Awaited Medicaid Managed Care Proposed Rule

Roundup:

Florida Healthy Kids ITN Awards Announced CMS Tentatively Approves LIP Funding for Florida Alabama MLTC Bill Moves Through Legislature Texas Budget Proposals Fund Additional Waiver Slots North Carolina Medicaid Director to Step Down Covered California to Implement Price Caps on High-Cost Specialty Drugs

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May 20, 2015

In Focus:

HMA IT Advisory Services Issue Brief #1 – Telehealth

Roundup:

Alaska House Rejects Medicaid Expansion
Utah Governor Optimistic on Medicaid Expansion Compromise
Georgia Considers Medicaid Waiver Alternative to Expansion
Maryland to Consider ACO Model for Dual Eligibles
Ohio House Proposes Medicaid HSA Contribution Requirement
Wisconsin Legislature Rejects Governor’s LTC Redesign Plan
Former CBO Director Says Subsidies Assumed for All States

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May 13, 2015

In Focus:

Michigan Releases Medicaid Managed Care RFP

Roundup:

Illinois Managed Care Enrollment Tops 2 Million Missouri Budget Includes Medicaid Managed Care Expansion New Jersey DHS Projects 2016 MLTSS Growth New York DOH Working with CMS on FIDA Rate Increase Mohr Peterson Appointed Hawaii Medicaid Director Iowa Senate Budget Bill Impacts Medicaid Managed Care MACPAC to Meet May 14-15

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