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CMS Begins Option to Extend Medicaid Postpartum Coverage

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However, the pending expiration of the public health emergency later this month means many new mothers could be left without coverage and care. Vital Signs: Pregnancy-Related Deaths, United States, 2011–2015, and Strategies for Prevention, 13 States, 2013–2017 , 68 Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 423–29 (2019). [3] 31, 2022). [2]

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CMS’ Contract Year 2023 Policy and Technical Changes to the Medicare Advantage and Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Programs

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Enrollee Participation in Plan Governance (§ 422.107). However, for those that haven’t, CMS believes these changes would better equip SNPs to meet their members’ needs, by providing SNPs “a more complete picture of the risk factors that may inhibit enrollees from accessing care and achieving optimal health outcomes and independence.”