Joint Letter for Extended Rule Comment Period on Access to Care in Medicaid and CHIP [CMS-2442-P] and Medicaid and CHIP Managed Care Finance, Access, and Quality [CMS-2439-P]
In a joint letter addressed to Administrator Brooks-LaSure of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), ADvancing States, alongside other national associations representing Medicaid Directors and leaders of Medicaid home- and community-…
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Joint Letter on the Aging Network Research, Demonstration, and Evaluation Center
ADvancing States leads joint letter with USAging and GSA in asking Congress for additional support for the Aging Network Research, Demonstration, and Evaluation Center in FY2024.
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ADvancing States, NAMD, and NASDDDS Release Joint Project on the End of Pandemic Flexibilities
ADvancing States, the National Association of Medicaid Directors (NAMD), and the National Association of State Directors of Developmental Disabilities Services (NASDDDS) have released a joint document to provide critical information to our…
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ADvancing States Releases Updated Analysis of State HCBS Spending Plans
The American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) included a 10% FMAP increase to Medicaid-funded HCBS. CMS requires states to submit semi-annual spending plan updates outlining changes to previously approved activities using ARPA HCBS funding.
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Federal Appropriations Analysis and Update
President Biden released his proposed budget for the upcoming fiscal year. These recommendations cover Federal Fiscal Year 2024 (FY24) which runs from October 1, 2023, through September 30, 2024. The budget focuses on increased investments in many…
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Letter to the White House on SSA and ACL Nominations
On February 15, 2023, six national aging organizations, including ADvancing States, sent a letter to the director of the White House Presidential Personnel Office, encouraging the Administration to see a permanent nominee installed as the Assistant…
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ADvancing States Letter on FY2024 Appropriations
On Tuesday, February 7, ADvancing States submitted a letter to Congress in support of funding for important programs that serve older adults and people with disabilities in the FY2024 appropriations package.
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Congressional Update: FY2023 Omnibus Appropriations Package
On Tuesday, December 20, 2022, Congress unveiled a highly anticipated $1.7 trillion omnibus appropriations package to fund the Federal government for federal fiscal year 2023 (FY2023), which began on October 1, 2022, and ends September 30, 2023.…
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Letter to White House on amyloid beta PET coverage decision
ADvancing States, along with more than 50 other organizations, today sent a letter with President Biden urging him to direct the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to reopen the Medicare national coverage determination for Aβ PET scans…
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ADvancing States Joins Other National Organizations in Support of EJA Reauthorization and Nursing Home Provisions
ADvancing States signed this letter to Congress joining other national organizations in support of including critical nursing home provisions and reauthorization and modernization of the Elder Justice Act in any omnibus package enacted…