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Health Network Alert: New NSCLC Resource for States Preparing Dual Eligible Demonstration Consumer Enrollment Notices
(06/26/2014) With support from The Commonwealth Fund, NSCLC prepared a new resource, You’ve Got Mail: Designing Enrollment Notices for a Dual Eligible Demonstration Rollout. The resource is designed to assist consumer advocates and state officials preparing consumer notices and enrollment …
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Tagged Dual Eligibles, duals, Medicaid, Medicare
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WEBINAR: Understanding and Impacting Implementation of New Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services Rules
April 29, 2014 New federal Medicaid rules would, for the first time, set standards that seek to ensure Medicaid HCBS is provided in non-institutional settings, however, many details remain to be determined by individual states. Consumers, advocates and other stakeholders … Continue reading
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Tagged Home and Community-based Services, Medicaid, Medicare
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Senior Poverty: Action Needed to Address a Growing Problem
Written statement from NSCLC to the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging on March 5, 2014 in which NSCLC recommends strengthening the safety net, improving SSI, increasing the availability of health care programs such as Medicare, Medicaid, Medicare Savings Programs … Continue reading
Posted in Viewpoint, Where We Stand
Tagged Elderly Poor, Home and Community-based Services, long term care, Medicaid, Medicare, Senior Poverty, Social Security
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Call to Advocates: Help Strengthen Medicare Part C and D
CMS recently shared proposed regulations for the Medicare prescription drug program (Part D) and the Medicare managed care program (Part C) for public comment. Several of the proposals represent important steps in improving the program and protecting beneficiaries. They include …
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Tagged Health Care Reform, Medicare, Part D
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Health Network Alert: MAGI Medicaid and Estate Recovery: CMS Issues State Medicaid Director Letter
(2/27/2014) In a letter to State Medicaid Directors, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) addressed questions on the application of estate recovery rules to MAGI Medicaid individuals who are eligible for LTSS. The agency noted the chilling effect …
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Tagged Health Care Reform, healthcare, Long Term Services and Supports, Medicaid, Medicare
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Seniors Remain on Frontlines in War on Poverty
By Kevin Prindiville The 50th anniversary of the War on Poverty brings a welcome and much needed debate about how best to eradicate poverty in the world’s wealthiest country. Unfortunately, few commentators are focusing on how poverty impacts the lives … Continue reading
Posted in Articles & Blogs, Viewpoint
Tagged Elderly Poor, Long Term Services and Supports, Medicaid, Medicare, Social Security, SSI
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ISSUE BRIEF: Medicaid Expansion and Transition Issues for California Seniors and Persons with Disabilities
November 2013 –The Affordable Care Act (ACA) will afford millions of uninsured individuals with healthcare coverage through the expansion of Medicaid and the creation of state healthcare exchanges. A new NSCLC issue brief, Medicaid Expansion in California: Opportunities and Challenges … Continue reading
Posted in Affordable Care Act, Reports
Tagged Affordable Care Act, Home and Community-based Services, Managed Care, Medi-Cal, Medicaid, Medicare
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Many Low-Income Subsidy Clients May Be Paying Premiums
According to a report from the Kaiser Family Foundation, 1.9 million Low-Income Subsidy (LIS or “Extra Help”) recipients are enrolled in Prescription Drug Plans in 2013 that will not qualify as benchmark plans in 2014. This number represents about one …
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Tagged Insurance, Medicare, Part D
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Comments on Language Access Filed with HHS
In comments filed September 30, 2013, NSCLC urged the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) at the Department of Health and Human Services to increase its focus on language access needs of Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries enrolled in managed care.Comments on … Continue reading
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Massachusetts Three-way Contract: A Summary of Beneficiary Protections
On July 18, 2013, Massachusetts became the first state to sign a three-way contract for its dual eligible demonstration project. The Medicare-Medicaid Coordination Office in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services published the three-way contract signed with the Commonwealth …
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