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Long Awaited Approval of the 1115 Waiver Amendment for NYS Medicaid – Just in Time for the New York State Executive Budget State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2025

Health Care Law Brief

The goal is for these Enhanced Services to be a covered benefit included in the MMCO premium starting in State Fiscal Year 2028. The goal by the end of this 1115(a) demonstration (March 31, 2027) is to make significant movement toward VBP strategies, multi-payor alignment (Medicare/Medicaid) and population health accountability.

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Wistful Thinking: The National Health Spending Forecast In a Land Without COVID-19

Health Populi

health care spending will grow to 20% of the national economy by 2028, forecasted in projections pre-published in the April 2020 issue of Health Affairs, National Health Expenditure (NHE) Projections. trillion in 2028. All bets are off on what the 2028 numbers show. trillion forecasted for 2028?

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October-December 2021 State Regulatory Developments

New Jersey Healthcare Blog

1791(c), the Department of Human Services, Division of Aging Services, Office of the State Health Insurance for the Aged and Disabled, readopted a rule regarding the Senior Gold Prescription Program Manual. Effective September 28, 2028. On October 18, 2021, at 53 N.J.R. See readopted N.J.A.C. On October 18, 2021, at 53 N.J.R.

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Key Healthcare Provisions of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023

Healthcare Law Blog

For instance, Medicaid will pay for non-opioid pain relief treatments separately from and in addition to a payment for a covered outpatient department service provided in 2025 through 2028. [24] Specifically, the Act provides for a “phase down” of the FMAPs from a standard 6.2% as follows: 5% for April 1, 2023 through June 30, 2023.

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Healthcare Reforms Under the IRA: Expanding Access to Care

Healthcare Law Blog

Fifteen more Part D drugs are set to be published in 2027, followed by 15 Part D and Part B drugs, collectively, in 2028. With respect to biological products, however, such drugs must be licensed in accordance with the Public Health Service Act (“PHSA”) for at least 11 years, and marketed in conformance with the PHSA.

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Health Care Is Front and Center as DeSantis and Newsom Go Mano a Mano

Kaiser Health News

These issues are expected to take center stage during the nationally televised 90-minute debate on Fox News, which could have major reverberations for the presidential contest next year and could even help shape the 2028 field of White House contenders. This year, he signed a law that tightens state regulations for pharmacy benefit managers.

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Health Provider News – March 11, 2022

Hall Render

New rule lets low-income people in Kansas, Missouri keep shopping for health insurance. Kansas bill advocates for the mental health of first responders. Allegheny Health Network to spend $92M on pay, benefit hikes. Bryn Mawr Hospital unveils expanded, $35M behavioral health unit. in capital projects by 2028.