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Policy Changes: Their Role in Advancing Health Equity, How to Advocate for Them, and What Other Policies Need to be Implemented

Healthcare IT Today

Advocacy efforts could include sharing patient stories, presenting evidence-based recommendations, and emphasizing how certain policy decisionsor the lack thereofaffect patient care and health outcomes. Health equity, beyond being an ethical imperative, should be viewed as a long-term investment.

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CMS Issues “In Lieu of” Services Guidance to Address Health-Related Social Needs in Medicaid Managed Care

C&M Health Law

On January 4, in its most recent effort to expand federal support for addressing health-related social needs (HRSNs), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued guidance to clarify an existing option for states to address HRSNs through the use of “in lieu of” services and settings policies in Medicaid managed care.

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ATA: What's ahead for telehealth policy after the pandemic

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

"As we know, [President] Biden has said in recent days that the pandemic is over, so it's possible that the technical public health emergency might expire sometime in the very near future," said Megan Herber, director at Faegre Drinker who advises ATA and ATA Action on all things Federal policy. THE LARGER TREND.

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CMS Promotes Competition, Transparency, Health Equity and More in the CY2025 Medicare Advantage and Part D Proposed Rule

Healthcare Law Blog

On November 6, 2023, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released the contract year 2025 proposed rule for Medicare Advantage (“MA”) organizations and Part D sponsors (the “Proposed Rule”). The UM committee was established in April 2023 in the 2024 Medicare Advantage and Part D Final Rule (CMS-4201-F).

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Health Provider News

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Staff shortages could spur next public health crisis, Baystate Health CEO warns CommonSpirit, Mass General, Moffitt execs to judge telehealth challenge Brigham and Women’s, AI company get $2.5M grant to improve early cognitive decline detection via EHRs How Mass.