Updates & Analysis

In this update: Legislative Update Senator Wyden Sends Letter to CMS on Fraudulent ACA EnrollmentsOn May 21st, Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden (D-OR) sent a letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) urging the agency to enforce civil monetary penalties on health insurance brokers who fraudulently change enrollees’ health plans. Recently,…

In this update:  NYS and NYC Opportunities OASAS Issues RFA to Support New or Enhanced Electronic Medical Records SystemsOn May 15th, the New York State (NYS) Office of Addiction Services and Supports (OASAS) released a Request for Applications (RFA) to support OASAS-certified agencies with obtaining and/or enhancing automated electronic medical records (EMR). Up to $9…

In this update: Legislative Updates House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee Advances Health LegislationOn May 16th, the House Energy and Commerce (E&C) Health Subcommittee held a markup session on 23 legislative proposals on health care. Many of the bills under consideration concerned telehealth. Other topics included Medicaid program administration and eligibility, drug development, transplant regulations,…

In this update: Federal Opportunity SAMHSA Issues NOFO for Integrated Behavioral Health and HIV Care for Unsheltered PopulationsOn May 9th, the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) issued a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for the 2024 Minority AIDS Initiative: Integrated Behavioral Health and HIV Care for Unsheltered Populations Pilot Project. This…

In this update: Legislative Update House Ways & Means Committee Introduces Two-Year Telehealth PackageOn May 8th, the House Ways and Means Committee unanimously voted to approve the Preserving Telehealth, Hospital, and Ambulance Access Act, a legislative package that would enact a number of important policy changes for the Medicare program and federally-supported health providers. Within…

In this update:  NYS and NYC Opportunities OMH Issues RFP for Safe Options Support (SOS) Program for Older Adult and Medically Fragile Individuals On April 16th, the New York State (NYS) Office of Mental Health (OMH) issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) seeking one organization to develop and implement an Older Adult and Medically Fragile Support…

In this update:  Federal Agencies CMS Finalizes Medicaid and CHIP Access, Finance, and Quality RuleOn April 22nd, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Managed Care Access, Finance, and Quality Final Rule. Notably, the rule overhauls the Medicaid State-directed payment (SDP) regulations, which New York…

Two weeks ago, New York State reached an agreement on a final Enacted Budget for Fiscal Year (FY) 2025, which runs from April 1, 2024 to March 31, 2025. The Budget is expected to propose total spending of $237 billion, a $4 billion increase from the Executive proposal of $232.7 billion, although not all documents…

In this update:  Federal Agencies CMMI to Host Webinar on Primary Care AHEADOn May 9th at 1pm, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will host a webinar on the role of the Primary Care AHEAD program within the States Advancing All-Payer Health Equity Approaches and Development (AHEAD) Program. The webinar will cover how CMS…

In this update:  Federal Agencies CMMI Proposes TEAM Mandatory Episode-Based Model for Post-Surgery Care On April 10th, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) announced a proposed new mandatory episode-based payment model in Medicare. This model, called the Transforming Episode Accountability Model (TEAM), aims to test how episodic payments can improve post-acute care after certain…

In this update:  Federal Opportunities Administration for Community Living Releases NOFO to Develop National Training Programs for Aging and Disability Service Providers On April 1st, the federal Administration for Community Living (ACL) released a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) to fund an organization to work with community-based organizations and aging and disability service providers to increase…

In this update:  NYS and NYC Opportunities OMH Releases RFP for Short-Term Transitional Residence for Individuals with SMI and SUDOn March 28th, the New York State (NYS) Office of Mental Health (OMH) issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the development and operation of a 10-14 unit Short-Term Transitional Residence (STTR) primarily for individuals diagnosed…