The Commonwealth FundOpinion

Fortifying Medicaid Managed Care for Postpartum Enrollees: The Clearest Path to Improving Maternal Health

Strengthening the standards to which Medicaid managed care organizations are held would likely improve access to and delivery ...
Becker's Hospital Review

CMS finalizes rule on Medicaid managed care pass-through payments: 5 things to know

CMS issued a final rule Tuesday preventing states from increasing or adding pass-through payments for hospitals, physicians or nursing homes contracted with Medicaid managed care organizations. Here ...

CMS finalizes rule cracking down on Medicaid provider taxes

The rule puts limits on states levying higher taxes on Medicaid businesses. The CMS argues the tax arrangements allow states ...
Health AffairsOpinion

H.R.1 Threatens The Stability Of Medicaid Managed Care

The OBBBA will substantially increase volatility in Medicaid Managed Care by increasing churn, generating pent-up demand, and ...
Morningstar

Managed Care Organizations: Medicaid Cuts Loom if House Approves Senate Version of Budget Bill

In a 50-50 vote broken by Vice President JD Vance, Senate Republicans advanced their budget reconciliation bill. According to estimates from the Congressional Budget Office, the bill would cut 12 ...
Health Affairs

How To Keep Competition Alive In Medicaid Managed Care Markets

Amidst the backdrop of large-scale consolidation across the US health care system, consolidation among Medicaid managed care ...
Fierce Healthcare

CMS issues final rule closing state Medicaid provider tax 'loophole'

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized a rule Thursday afternoon clamping down on states’ Medicaid provider taxes. | Restrictions on "a Medicaid financing gimmick” through which ...