HHS ISSUES FINAL §1557 RULES Throughout the summer, we will be publishing the NDNRC Update on a biweekly basis. Earlier this month, HHS issued its final rules for §1557 of the Affordable Care Act. Section 1557 is the civil rights portion of the ACA and prohibits discrimination in health care settings for a variety of […] Read More »
How Many People Could Be Covered If All States Expanded Medicaid?
The Kaiser Family Foundation has done the analysis of how many people could be covered if the remaining 14 states were to expand their Medicaid populations. The analysis by Kaiser finds that 4.7 million people would be eligible to access coverage through Medicaid if their state was to expand their Medicaid population. Read More »
HHS Issues Final 1557 Rules
This past Friday, HHS issued its final rules for §1557 of the Affordable Care Act. Section 1557 is the civil rights portion of the ACA and prohibits discrimination in health care settings for a variety of populations, including people with disabilities. Links for the final rules as well as the HHS press release and fact […] Read More »
June 12, 2020
NEW REPORTS ON COVID-19 & DISABILITY SURVEY Throughout the summer, we will be publishing the NDNRC Update on a biweekly basis. If you missed it last month, we began releasing reports and summaries from our COVID-19 & Disability Survey which we conducted from April 17th – May 1st. The purpose of the survey was to […] Read More »
Medicaid Enrollment Up as a Result of COVID-19
A new report from the National Academy on State Health Policy (NASHP) indicates that Medicaid enrollment has increased since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. In a post on the NASHP blog, they detail increase enrollment trends in Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Hawaii, Michigan, New Jersey, New Mexico, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania and Virginia. The blog also cites […] Read More »
May 29, 2020
ADDITIONAL REPORTS ON COVID-19 & DISABILITY SURVEY If you missed it two weeks ago, we released our COVID-19 & Disability Survey Summary Report. The purpose of the survey was to conduct a rapid, real-time online assessment of the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on access to healthcare on adults with a range of disabilities. The survey was […] Read More »
May 15, 2020
REPORT ON COVID-19 & DISABILITY SURVEY The American Association on Health & Disability is pleased to release the COVID-19 & Disability Survey Summary Report. The purpose of the survey was to conduct a rapid, real-time online assessment of the coronavirus pandemic’s impact on access to healthcare on adults with a range of disabilities & was […] Read More »
Kaiser Examines Options for Those Who Have Lost Employer Coverage
The Kaiser Family Foundation has just released a new issue brief which addresses eligibility for coverage for individuals who have lost employer-based coverage due to a layoff during the COVID-19 outbreak. Kaiser estimates that 27 million people could have lost employer-based coverage during the pandemic. Among those individuals, Kaiser further estimates that almost half (12.7 […] Read More »
CMS Finalizes NBPP for 2021
At the end of last week, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the final 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). Here are the links to the documents which CMS released […] Read More »
May 8, 2020
MORE VIDEOS ON COVID-19 & DISABILITY Over the last few weeks, we have been releasing a series of videos on COVID-19 and disability. Thus far, we have addressed topics such as who is at risk for complications due to COVID-19 and precautions people with disabilities need to take during the COVID-19 pandemic. This week we […] Read More »
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