Author: Rylee Wilson

CMS is seeking feedback on a policy that requires state Medicaid agencies to keep beneficiaries enrolled through the end of the public health emergency for the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a Sept. 23 memo. 

With as many as 15 million people expected to lose Medicaid coverage when the pandemic-era public health emergency ends, CMS can do more to reduce administrative hurdles to verify eligibility, advocates write in Health Affairs. 

The Biden Administration unveiled a five-point plan to address hunger, nutrition and health Sept. 27. The White House wants Medicare, Medicaid and private insurers to play a role in solving food insecurity and food related illness. Here are five things…

Alabama, Hawaii, Florida, New York and New Jersey are the states with the highest incidences of low-value care, a new study published in Health Affairs found. 

Many owners of small and midsize businesses say they are struggling with the cost of healthcare premiums for their employees, a new survey found. 

Millions of Medi-Cal recipients may have to switch health insurers, and doctors, after the state awarded Molina a swath of Medicaid contracts in some of its largest counties, according to a Kaiser Health News report published by the Los Angeles…

To survive the rapid increase in healthcare costs, payers need to focus on slimming down medical and administrative costs, a new analysis from McKinsey & Co. says. 

Nearly 15,000 independent and community pharmacies will be dropped from Tricare's network next month, military.com reported Sept. 23. 

Insurers are partnering with organizations to better care for underserved populations, and taking steps to address health inequities. Here are seven health equity updates Becker's has reported on in September.

Higher courts are likely to strike down, at least in part, the ACA's provisions requiring preventive care coverage, healthcare attorneys say.