HHS Awards $99M For ACA Navigators; $12.5M Of Which Supports Medicaid Unwinding

HHS has awarded $99 million to ACA navigators to support outreach and enrollment in the 33 states that use healthcare.gov, and $12.5 million of that is for enrolling into exchange plans people who are expected to be kicked off Medicaid once the public health emergency ends. The news comes after Ellen Montz, director of CMS’ Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight, hinted during a National Association of Insurance Commissioners meeting -- and a stakeholder webinar this week -- that...
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Health Exchange Alert Weekly Report - 08/31/2022
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D.C. Circuit Denies Unions’ Suit To Revive COVID-19 Healthcare ETS

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has rejected unions’ bid to reinstate OSHA’s COVID-19 healthcare emergency temporary standard (ETS) and impose a strict deadline for the agency to issue a permanent replacement, holding that the OSH Act imposes no “clear duty” on officials to take either step. In an Aug. 26 decision , a unanimous three-judge D.C. Circuit panel says it has no authority to issue the rare writ of mandamus unions sought, because...
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MedPAC Takes Up Policies That Might Complement New Drug Pricing Law

Congressional Medicare advisers on Sept. 2 will discuss Medicare Part B drug policies, some of which focus on new drugs that are not subject to Medicare price negotiation under the law enacted earlier this month. The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) will consider policies aimed at controlling launch prices, reining in price hikes among drugs with competition and changes to the formula that determines doctor pay rates for administering drugs. Those policies were part of MedPAC’s June report to Congress,...
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