Jalen Brown

3 weeks ago | insidehealthpolicy.com | Jalen Brown

The House Energy & Commerce Committee’s long-awaited reconciliation package includes a longtime GOP-favored provision that would require “able-bodied” adults on Medicaid, ages 19 to 64, to be working, volunteering or enrolled in school for at least 80 hours per month -- though the text includes several exemptions that committee staff say were informed by conversations with state Medicaid officials and lessons learned from states that previously attempted to implement similar work requirements.

1 month ago | insidehealthpolicy.com | Jalen Brown

CMS has quietly rescinded a Biden-era guidance letter that had prohibited states from clawing back benefits or imposing lockouts on Medicaid beneficiaries accused of fraud or abuse, signaling a sharp shift away from the prior administration’s focus on protecting due process and coverage continuity toward a more aggressive enforcement stance aimed at preserving federal Medicaid dollars under the Trump administration.

1 month ago | insidehealthpolicy.com | Jalen Brown

Using artificial intelligence (AI) to audit Medicaid more effectively could help root out waste, fraud and abuse in the program, former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson told Inside Health Policy Wednesday (May 7).

1 month ago | insidehealthpolicy.com | Jalen Brown

The CMS Innovation Center (CMMI) has historically failed to produce savings and should refocus on its original mission of lowering costs and improving care quality through transparent, value-based models under the Trump administration, according to a letter from House Ways & Means and other key Republicans.

1 month ago | insidehealthpolicy.com | Jessica Karins |Jalen Brown

The Trump White House’s “skinny” budget released Friday (May 2) outlines policy priorities largely in line with those in a leaked draft budget reported earlier by Inside Health Policy, but requests a slightly less steep cut to HHS -- it would fund HHS at $93.8 billion, a 26.2% decrease from the FY 2025, while the leaked draft proposed an approximately 30% cut.