Last week, a draft of the House Republican reconciliation bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act was leaked. Key components of the leaked draft include the: Elimination of the Prevention and Public Health Fund in FY 2018. Repeal of the Medicaid Expansion. Repeal of the individual and employer mandate. Creation of per capita…
Read More »Tuesday night, President Trump delivered his first address to a joint session of Congress. During his speech, he called on Congress to make investments in infrastructure, increases to defense spending and to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA) among other things. In regards to the ACA, President Trump called on Congress to replace…
Read More »According to recent reports, the Trump Administration has chosen Brian Neale to lead the Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services. Neale would report to Seema Verma, who awaits confirmation by the full Senate. Neale has served as health care policy director under then Governor Mike Pence, where he worked with Verma on Indiana’s Healthy Indiana…
Read More »The nomination of Seema Verma for Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services was approved in the Senate Finance Committee with a party line vote of 13 to 12; Democrats voting no. Verma, a health care policy consultant was instrumental in designing the Healthy Indiana Plan for Indiana’s Medicaid program. Her nomination now…
Read More »This week, the Senate Subcommittee No. 3 on Health and Human Services convened a hearing focused on Department of Social Services issues, including In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) and the Coordinated Care Initiative (CCI). During the hearing, the Legislative Analyst’s Office provided members of the subcommittee with a succinct overview of the structure of 1991 Realignment…
Read More »Today the CHEAC Legislative Committee held our first meeting of the year to review the first batch of introduced bills. A complete bill list with actions from today’s meeting will be forthcoming. A few bills are highlighted below: Dental Health Services AB 15 (Maienschein) as introduced on 12/6/16 – Support Requires DHCS to increase reimbursement…
Read More »Next Thursday, the Senate Budget Subcommittee No. 3 on Health and Human Services, chaired by Senator Richard Pan will be hearing Department of Social Services items, including In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) and the Coordinated Care Initiative (CCI). The Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 1 on Health and Human Services will hear IHSS on Wednesday, March 8….
Read More »NACCHO Executive Director, Dr. LaMar Hasbrouck, resigned from his position earlier this week. As the NACCHO Board of Directors searches for a replacement, William M. Barnes, PhD, MBA, will serve as the organization’s Acting Executive Director. Federal Action Update On Wednesday, NACCHO hosted a Federal Action Update webinar that discussed the current state of affairs…
Read More »The Legislative Analyst recently released a report providing an overview of the Governor’s proposals on implementing Proposition 56, the tobacco tax voters passed last year. They note that the Governor’s budget and allocation of increased tobacco revenues is reasonable and generally consistent with the requirements laid out in the initiative. Furthermore, they also weigh in…
Read More »This week DHCS announced they have selected 15 Local Dental Pilot projects as part of the Dental Transformation Initiative (DTI). The selected applicants, with a total funding request of approximately $150 million, are: Alameda County California Rural Indian Health Board, Inc. California State University, Los Angeles First 5 Kern First 5 San Joaquin First 5…
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