KFF: State Medicaid Spending Slowing, Enrollment Expected To Plummet

State Medicaid spending growth is expected to slow significantly in 2024 as states trim their Medicaid rolls after a three-year pause in redeterminations yet adopt new programs that expand eligibility like one-year postpartum coverage, according to KFF’s latest report, which also estimates Medicaid rolls will drop by 8.6% next year. At least 10.6 million beneficiaries have been dropped from Medicaid and CHIP coverage since April 1, largely due to paperwork issues, leading beneficiary advocates to call on states to halt...
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Inside CMS - 11/30/2023
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Vol. 26, No. 48


AMA Upset PFS Cuts Not Tackled In CR, Bucshon Sees Opening When CRs Expire Jan/Feb

Rep. Larry Bucshon (R-IN) is hopeful Congress will act by early next year to mitigate pay cuts under the 2024 physician fee schedule, according to his office, after the American Medical Association expressed disappointment the latest laddered continuing resolution didn’t include such relief. If Congress doesn’t make progress on that front before the end of 2023, the Energy & Commerce member and former heart surgeon would consider tackling the cuts in January or February when the latest round of government...
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Inside CMS - 11/23/2023
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FDA Considering Race, Ethnicity In Pulse Oximeter Performance

FDA’s device center is considering a new approach to pulse oximeters that would factor a patient’s skin pigmentation and patient-reported race and ethnicity when weighing the strength of premarket studies and other methods to evaluate performance of the technology. The news came in a Monday (Nov. 20) announcement of another public meeting of FDA’s advisers on pulse oximeters and various studies highlighting discrepancies in care due to inaccurate pulse oximeter readings for people of color. FDA also published a discussion...
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FDA Week - 11/24/2023
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FCC Not Actively Pursuing ACP Funding Extension Before Year’s End

A Federal Communications Commission official told Inside TeleHealth that the agency is not actively pushing lawmakers to include funds for the Affordable Connectivity Program on Congress’ dangling list of items to deal with by year’s end since current projections show ACP funding, considered crucial for expanding telehealth access, will last through April 2024 . The White House last month requested Congress provide an additional $6 billion to keep the ACP program going through December 2024 as part of a...
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Long-Awaited DTC Advertising Rule Adds Requirements For TV Ads

FDA finalized a rule on direct-to-consumer (DTC) radio and TV advertising that has been in progress since 2010, cementing long-discussed requirements for advertisers to take steps to make risk information easily comprehensible to consumers including, in TV ads, presenting it in both audio and text formats. The new standards state that information must be presented in consumer-friendly, easily understandable language, and that the audio component of the statement be at least as easily understandable the rest of the audio in...
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IDP Issue: 
Inside Drug Pricing - 11/27/2023
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Vol. 6, No. 48
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Long-Awaited DTC Advertising Rule Adds Requirements For TV Ads

FDA finalized a rule on direct-to-consumer (DTC) radio and TV advertising that has been in progress since 2010, cementing long-discussed requirements for advertisers to take steps to make risk information easily comprehensible to consumers including, in TV ads, presenting it in both audio and text formats. The new standards state that information must be presented in consumer-friendly, easily understandable language, and that the audio component of the statement be at least as easily understandable the rest of the audio in...
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FDA Week - 11/24/2023
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FDA Asks Stakeholders What Steps They Are Taking To Meet Delayed DSCSA Deadline

Updated Story FDA is asking pharmaceutical distributors what specific steps they are taking now so they will be in compliance next November when the agency’s delayed deadline to meet Drug Supply Chain Security Act’s (DSCSA) requirements for secure electronic drug tracing kicks in. The move comes after the Healthcare Distribution Alliance (HDA) warned the agency last month that certain trading partners might simply seek another delay unless the agency lays out specific milestones for them to meet...
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FDA Week - 11/24/2023
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Vol. 29, No. 47
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FDA Asks Stakeholders What Steps They Are Taking To Meet Delayed DSCSA Deadline

Updated Story FDA is asking pharmaceutical distributors what specific steps they are taking now so they will be in compliance next November when the agency’s delayed deadline to meet Drug Supply Chain Security Act’s (DSCSA) requirements for secure electronic drug tracing kicks in. The move comes after the Healthcare Distribution Alliance (HDA) warned the agency last month that certain trading partners might simply seek another delay unless the agency lays out specific milestones for them to meet...
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IDP Issue: 
Inside Drug Pricing - 11/27/2023
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Vol. 6, No. 48
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