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5/20/2015
CMS Powerpoint on the HCBS Rule
May 14th SOTA - HCBS Settings (2).pdf
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3/11/2015
Commonwealth Fund post on the early experiences of Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs)
from http://www.chcs.org
Commonwealth Fund highlights the early experiences of ACOs in Colorado, Minnesota, and Oregon to show that the model is beginning to save money and improve quality through better care coordination.
3/11/2015
The Effects of the Medicaid Expansion on State Budgets: An Early Look in Select States
from http://kff.org
This brief looks beyond the estimates and examines the early budget effects of expansion in three states: Connecticut, New Mexico, and Washington State. The study was conducted during the Fall of 2014; budgets had been enacted for state fiscal year 2015, the first full state fiscal year with the Medicaid expansion in effect. Budget officials were also in the process of closing the books on SFY 2014, the latter half of which included the first 6 months of the Medicaid expansion in each of these states.
3/9/2015
Disability Policy News In Brief
Negotiations continue on an update to No Child Left Behind. Several new bills were introduced related to health care, employment, and assistive technology, and bipartisan members of Congress launched a family caregiver caucus.
3/6/2015
Affordable Care Act 101: What You Need to Know (Webcast)
from http://kff.org
On Friday, March 6, the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Alliance for Health Reform presented a briefing to review the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Speakers answered and discussed critical ACA questions, such as: What are the key provisions of the ACA? How did the ACA extend coverage to the uninsured? How does the ACA impact private and public insurance coverage, marketplaces and employer-sponsored coverage? What is the role for states? What are the requirements on employers and individuals? How was Medicaid changed by the ACA and then the Supreme Court? How is the Children�s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) affected?
3/2/2015
Disability Policy News In Brief
Congress continues to debate an update to No Child Left Behind. Meanwhile, we have new champions for Keeping All Students Safe, committees continue to hold SSDI hearings and bills, and House members advocate for family support .
2/26/2015
Kaiser Policy Insight/ Issue Brief on King v. Burwell
from http://kff.org
Kaiser Health News released a Issue Brief exampling the policy implications and legal arguments in U.S. Supreme Court's King v. Burwell Case.
2/22/2015
Data on Current Marketplace Enrollment
from http://kff.org
Data in this table represent cumulative Marketplace enrollment through February 22, 2015 for states using the healthcare.gov platform to perform eligibility determinations and enroll consumers into coverage for 2015 (states using the Federally-facilitated Marketplace and states with a Partnership or Federally-supported State-based Marketplace). Data for State-based Marketplaces are through February 21, 2015, with the exception of California, which reported data through February 22, 2015.
2/18/2015
Disability Policy News In Brief
This issue covers updates to No Child Left Behind, a White House summit on employment, Social Security Disability Insurance, and ACA wellness programs.
2/13/2015
Cost- Sharing Subsidies in Federal Marketplace Plans
from http://kff.org
This report analyzes cost sharing in 2015 ACA Marketplace Plans in 37 States.
2/12/2015
CCD Letter to President Obama on Wellness Programs
The Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities send this letter to President Obama regarding Affordable Care Act wellness programs and protections for workers with disabilities under the ADA.
CCD wellness letter.pdf
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2/11/2015
Report Analyzing Cost Sharing in 2015 ACA Marketplace Plans in 37 States
from http://kff.org
The slides below show the average cost-sharing amounts for standard silver plans and for the cost-sharing variants for each category of enrollee cost sharing. As expected, what we see is a general pattern of declining average cost-sharing amounts in each service category as the actuarial value of the variants increases.
2/11/2015
Supporting Social Service Delivery through Medicaid Accountable Care Organizations: Early State Efforts
from http://www.chcs.org
The brief outlines key themes and considerations from these early adopters to help additional states support collaboration between ACO and social service providers.
2/11/2015
Supporting Social Service Delivery through Medicaid Accountable Care Organizations: Early State Efforts
from http://www.chcs.org
This brief, made possible through support from The Commonwealth Fund, highlights the initial efforts of seven states -- Colorado, Maine, Minnesota, New York, Oregon, Vermont, and Washington -- that participated in CHCS' Medicaid ACO Learning Collaborative.
2/10/2015
Health Infographic on ACA Insurance Marketplaces 2014-2015
from http://kff.org
This Visualizing Health Policy infographic illustrates the change in monthly premiums by county, and select cities, from 2014 to 2015 for a 40-year-old person covered by the second-lowest-cost silver benchmark plan in the Affordable Care Act's insurance marketplaces. Premium changes were greatest in Summit County, Colo. (45% decrease) and southeastern Alaska (34% increase), before tax credits. After accounting for tax credits, premiums for a 40-year-old person with an annual income of $30,000 would remain flat in most of the country, as long as the enrollee changed from the 2014 benchmark plan to the plan designated as the benchmark for 2015.
2/9/2015
Disability Policy News In Brief
This is a special edition of Legislative News In Brief, analyzing the disability programs in the FY2016 President's Budget Request.
