On Friday, CMS announced its proposed rules for the 2018 Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters (NBPP). The NBPP sets the rules for how the Marketplaces will operate, and they directly affect Qualified Health Plans (QHPs) which will be offered in 2018 (or Open Enrollment Year 5 – OE5). To read the CMS announcement, click here. CMS […] Read More »
Archives for August 2016
CMS Releases Medicaid Enrollment Data for June 2016
Yesterday, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Eligibility Determinations and Enrollment Report from June 2016. To read the report from CMS, click here. This report can also be found on our Resources & Links page under “Enrollment Statistics.” If you are looking for prior Medicaid enrollment reports from CMS, we have a webpage that has all the […] Read More »
New Issue Brief Highlights Remaining Uninsured
The Commonwealth Fund released a new issue brief last week which examines who the remaining uninsured are. The data for the brief came from their ACA tracking survey from February through April of this year. Some of the key findings include the fact that Latinos have become a larger percentage of the uninsured over the […] Read More »
August 19, 2016
NEW NDNRC MEDICAID VIDEO AVAILABLE Please note that for the summer the NDNRC Update is being released on a biweekly basis. Earlier this month, we released three videos which highlight the benefits that Medicaid has had for real individuals. This week, we have released a new story from Marty and how Medicaid has helped her […] Read More »
New NDNRC Medicaid Video Available
Earlier this month, we released three videos which highlight the benefits that Medicaid has had for real individuals. This week, we have released a new story from Marty and how Medicaid has helped her son. To watch Marty’s story, click here. The NDNRC Medicaid story videos are part of an effort to increase outreach for […] Read More »
New Report Suggests Improving Risk Pool
Yesterday, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a new report which looks at overall spending in the marketplace and what that means for the risk pools. Key findings from the report include the fact that per enrollee costs in the individual market did not change between the first year of the marketplace […] Read More »
NASHP Report Examines Churning
Previously we’ve reported on the phenomenon known as churning which is the process of individuals moving between Medicaid and private insurance. The National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP) released a new issue brief this week which looks at churning. To download a copy, click here. If you want to read more about churn, see our […] Read More »
August 5, 2016
NDNRC VIDEOS HIGHLIGHT BENEFITS OF MEDICAID Please note that for the summer the NDNRC Update is being released on a biweekly basis. Earlier this year, we shared a report by the Kaiser Family Foundation which estimated that approximately 8.8 million people remain uninsured but would be eligible for Medicaid or CHIP if they would apply. […] Read More »
NDNRC Videos Highlight Benefits of Medicaid
Earlier this year, we shared a report by the Kaiser Family Foundation which estimated that approximately 8.8 million people remain uninsured but would be eligible for Medicaid or CHIP if they would apply. (To see our news item on that report, click here.) This week, the NDNRC has released three new videos which highlight the […] Read More »
New Kaiser Brief Addresses High Risk Pools
Prior to the Affordable Care Act (ACA), people with disabilities who were without employer-sponsored insurance or eligible for a public program such as Medicare or Medicaid were generally unable to get a private health insurance plan as they would be rejected for pre-existing conditions. Some of the ACA alternatives that have been proposed incorporate a […] Read More »