ADvancing States has submitted comments in response to the notice of information collection activities issued by the Administration for Community Living (ACL) at 82 F.R. 13457 on March 13, 2017. ADvancing States represents the 56…

Earlier today, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released an information bulletin to states regarding the implementation of the final rule that defines home and community-based settings, frequently referred to as the HCBS settings…

Last night, Congress reached an agreement on a spending bill for FY2017. The legislation would fund the government through the end of September 2017. This agreement was reached last night between both parties in both chambers and is widely…

On Monday, March 20^th, the House of Representatives released amendments to the American Health Care Act. The amendments contain significant changes to Medicaid policies, including an option (but not a requirement) for states to receive…

On March 15th, Martha Roherty, on behalf of ADvancing States, wrote to congratulate Seema Verma on her confirmation as Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

On March 16th, President Trump released a “Budget Blueprint” for 2018.  This “skinny budget” provided a broad outline of his proposed budget.  The budget blueprint proposes topline spending of approximately $1.1 trillion. The White House…

On March 13, 2017, The Congressional Budget Office (CBO)  released its official “score” of the American Health Care Act, which is the legislation that would repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.  As a reminder, a CBO score is the…

On March 6th, 2017, Republican leadership in the Energy and Commerce and Ways and Means committees released legislation that would repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, called the American Health Care Act.

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