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HHS Issues Proposed Rule to Provide Clarity on Rights of Conscience in Healthcare

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The PHS Act requires post-graduate physician training programs that do not perform induced abortions to be deemed accredited and protects governmental payments provided as reimbursement for carrying out health related activities. Medicaid and Medicare The Balanced Budget Act of 1997, Public Law 105–33, 111 Stat.

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CMS Begins Option to Extend Medicaid Postpartum Coverage

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On April 1, 2022 , the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) announced states may seek to extend Medicaid postpartum coverage from 60 days to one year through a new state plan option offered by the American Rescue Plan Act (“ARPA”). In states that have not expanded Medicaid, however, many postpartum women lose coverage.

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Vote As If Your Health Depended Upon It; Learning from Governor Kasich on Voting Day 2018

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Governor Kasich has led the Buckeye State since 2011, and his second and final term ends in January 2019. The Governor expanded Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act in the State of Ohio, discussed in this insightful Washington Post article. “I When the Supreme Court made Medicaid expansion optional, Kasich didn’t hesitate.