On January 24, 2017, the Senate Finance Committee held a hearing to consider President Trump’s nominee for the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Representative Tom Price. This was Representative Price’s second time appearing before a Senate Committee as he already had a courtesy hearing with the Senate Committee on […]
Read MoreThis afternoon, CMS issued a Request for Information (RFI) related to accelerating the provision of home and community-based services (HCBS) to Medicaid beneficiaries. To be sure, this is a noble goal, as providing health and supportive services to individuals in their homes and communities rather than an institutional setting is often not only the cost-effective […]
Read MoreThere are a little over four months left until the end of the Obama administration, and the pace of health care program regulations and announcements are picking up. Today, CMS released a final rule outlining requirements for Medicare and Medicaid providers and suppliers regarding emergency management. Under the new regulations, providers will be required to […]
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