CHRIL HAS NEW ONLINE TRAINING ON MEDICARE The Collaborative on Health Reform and Independent Living (CHRIL) has posted a new online training module entitled “Medicare 101.” To learn more about the course and for a link, check out our news item. Yesterday, CMS made an announcement providing an additional Special Enrollment Period (SEP) for individuals affected […] Read More »

CMS ISSUES 2019 NBPP This week, CMS released the final rules for the 2019 Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters (NBPP). To learn more about the NBPP or for links to the actual rules and the CMS announcement which includes a summary of what is included in the rules, check out our news item. If […] Read More »

APRIL IS MEDICAID AWARENESS MONTH April is Medicaid Awareness month and the Protect Our Care Coalition has released a new fact sheet highlighting how Medicaid benefits children and families. The link for this fact sheet can be found in our news item. At the end of last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services […] Read More »

NEW BRIEF EXAMINES STATE-BASED MARKETPLACES IN 2017 A new issue brief from the Commonwealth Fund looks at the experiences of the state-based marketplaces in 2017. To read more about the brief entitled “How Did State-Run Health Insurance Marketplaces Fare in 2017?” or to download a copy, check out our news item. This brief was written […] Read More »

HAPPY ACA ANNIVERSARY DAY!! Today represents the eight-year anniversary of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) being passed into law. The Protect Our Care Coalition is using today to highlight the benefits of the ACA with graphics like the one below. You can follow the online conversation today on Twitter using the hashtag #ProtectOurCare. As we […] Read More »

HCBS BUSINESS ACUMEN CENTER WEBSITE LAUNCHED NASUAD is pleased to announce the HCBS Business Acumen Resource Center’s new website, HCBSBusinessAcumen.org! The HCBS Business Acumen Center is a resource center for community-based organizations (CBOs) that serve individuals with disabilities. The resource center provides tools, resources and examples of promising practices that promote the sustainability of disability-focused […] Read More »

BROOKINGS LOOKS AT FUTURE OF ACA MARKETPLACE On Tuesday, the Brookings Institution held an event entitled “What’s Ahead for the Individual Health Insurance Market?” The event examined the effects that recent actions by the Trump Administration have had on the marketplace. To learn more about the event or for links to the presentation slides or […] Read More »

NEW SEP GRAPHICS AVAILABLE With open enrollment concluded, the Community Catalyst outreach project which we are working on has prepared graphics to highlight Special Enrollment Periods (SEPs) for which consumers may qualify (with tools like the graphic below). To learn more about what’s available through this project, check out our newest blog post.   Speaking […] Read More »

NEW MEDICAID WAIVER TRACKER AVAILABLE Are you trying to keep track of all the potential Medicaid waivers that are pending or approved? The Kaiser Family Foundation has released a new interactive Medicaid Waiver Tracker. To learn more about this tracker, check out our news item. Many of these waivers look at states adding work requirements […] Read More »

RESOURCES ON MEDICAID WORK REQUIREMENTS Recently we’ve been reporting a lot on the Medicaid waivers approved by CMS for Kentucky and Indiana which would add work requirements to their Medicaid programs. In order to capture all the news on this topic as well as resources we have highlighted, we posted a new blog post which […] Read More »