Archives for 2020

Module #4 Available for HCBS Business Acumen Center Toolkit

February 14, 2020 by NDNRC

Disability Network Business Strategies: A Roadmap to Financial and Programmatic Sustainability for Community-Based Organizations Step 4: Grow and Develop ADvancing States is pleased to announce the release of the fourth module of the HCBS Business Acumen Center Toolkit, “Disability Network Business Strategies: A Roadmap to Financial and Programmatic Sustainability for Community-Based Organizations”. This resource is […] Read More »

Resources on CMS’s Medicaid Block Grant Proposal

February 13, 2020 by NDNRC

At the end of last month, CMS issued guidance to states on submitting proposals for Medicaid block grants (see news item for more information). In our blog post, we explain one of the reasons why we are opposed to this proposal. In addition, there are many other organizations expressing opposition to this proposal and many […] Read More »

New Module Available for HCBS Business Acumen Center Toolkit

February 7, 2020 by NDNRC

Disability Network Business Strategies: A Roadmap to Financial and Programmatic Sustainability for Community-Based Organizations Step 3: Stabilize ADvancing States is pleased to announce the release of the third module of the HCBS Business Acumen Center Toolkit, “Disability Network Business Strategies: A Roadmap to Financial and Programmatic Sustainability for Community-Based Organizations”. This resource is a ‘how-to’ […] Read More »

CMS Releases Proposed 2021 NBPP

February 3, 2020 by NDNRC

On Friday, CMS issued the proposed Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters (NBPP) for the 2021 plan year. The NBPP is the regulatory framework which CMS uses to operate the federally facilitated marketplace (healthcare.gov). Below are links to the relevant documents released by CMS on the NBPP. Comments on the proposed rules are due by […] Read More »

AAHD Opposes CMS’s Medicaid Block Grant Proposal

January 30, 2020 by NDNRC

AAHD has significant concerns about the Medicaid block grant proposal announced by CMS today and what it would mean for people with disabilities. Block grants may seem like they will provide greater flexibility to states, but in the end if the goal is to save money, it only means one thing – cutting enrollment or […] Read More »

CMS Issues Guidance on Medicaid Block Grants

January 30, 2020 by NDNRC

Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued guidance to states on what it would consider if states wanted to implement a Medicaid block grant for their state. Block grants in the Medicaid program would change the formula for how the federal government reimburses states for running their Medicaid program. Currently, the formula […] Read More »

Issue Brief Examines State Efforts to Make Coverage More Affordable

January 28, 2020 by NDNRC

The Commonwealth Fund and the Georgetown University Center on Health Insurance Reforms have released a new issue brief which addresses what states have done to make individual coverage more affordable in the marketplace. The issue brief entitled “States Work to Make Individual Market Health Coverage More Affordable, But Long-Term Solutions Call for Federal Leadership” looks […] Read More »