Updates & Analysis

In this update:  Biden Administration Announces Updates on COVID-19 Response  CDC and FDA Say Vaccine Boosters Not Needed Now U.S. COVID-19 Global Response and Recovery Framework Recovery Act Funding for Children with Disabilities CMS Updates CAAP FAQs Biden Issues Executive Order on Promoting Competition CMS Announces Director of Center for Medicare CMS Issues Basic Health…

The American Rescue Plan (ARP) offers states a 10 percentage point enhancement in their Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP) for Medicaid home and community-based services (HCBS) provided during the year from April 1, 2021 to March 31, 2022. States must use the resulting state share savings to “enhance, expand, or strengthen” Medicaid HCBS. Funds may…

On June 23rd, the New York State Department of Health AIDS Institute (DOH AI) released a Request for Applications (RFA) for outreach and education efforts by community-based organizations to increase the number of minorities participating in the AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP) and other public or private health care coverage programs. Through this RFA, DOH…

In this update:  Biden Administration Announces Updates on COVID-19 Response  Provider Relief Fund Reporting Portal Opens ACF Announces $1 Billion for Head Start CMS Announces Director of Center for Medicaid and CHIP HHS, Labor, Treasury, and OPM Release Interim Final Rule on Surprise Billing CMS Releases Proposed Updates to the Medicare Home Health PPS CMS…

On June 23rd, Governor Cuomo announced that New York’s state-level disaster emergency declaration and public health emergency (PHE) due to COVID-19 would expire, effective 11:59pm on June 24th. Therefore, as of June 25th, the emergency provisions in Executive Order 202 and its successors through 202.111 no longer apply, except those that have been enacted into…

In this update:  Biden Administration Announces Updates on COVID-19 Response  U.S. to Miss July 4th Vaccination Goals ACIP Meets on mRNA Vaccines and Heart-Related Side Effects President Biden Endorses Senate Infrastructure Agreement HHS, Treasury, and DoL Issue RFI on New Prescription Drug Reporting Requirements HHS OIG Issues Report on COVID-19 Prevalence for Nursing Home Residents CMS…

In this update:  Biden Administration Announces Updates on COVID-19 Response  J&J Vaccine Expiration Extended OSHA Requires Employers to Provide PTO for COVID-19 Vaccination HRSA Sends Funds to RHCs Administration Invests $3 Billion in COVID-19 Antivirals CDC and FDA Officials Discuss Myocarditis After COVID-19 Vaccination OMB Issues Biden Administration’s Spring 2021 Unified Agenda HHS Revises PRF…

In this update: Biden Administration Announces Updates on COVID-19 Response White House Releases Report on Pandemic Supply Chain Disruptions Biden Taps Obama Administration Officials for CMS Leadership Roles HCP-LAN Creates Health Equity Advisory Team CMS Issues 2021 Navigator Notice of Funding Opportunity HHS Report Finds 31 Million Americans Gained Coverage through ACA CMS Releases New…

On May 26th, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) released a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) to support innovative research to develop, test, and evaluate comprehensive strategies to improve care for adults with Type 2 diabetes mellitus from populations with health disparities. Strategies may include multi-level/multi-component interventions (including new models of health care), clinical trials, studies,…

In this update:  Biden Administration Announces Updates on COVID-19 Response Global Vaccine Sharing CDC Summer Camp Guidance Employer Vaccination Requirements and Incentives National Month of Action President Biden Releases FY 2022 Budget Request Senate Confirms Eric Lander to Lead Office of Science and Technology Policy New Heads of CMS, CMMI Discuss Administration’s Policy Agenda BARDA…

In this update:  Biden Administration Announces Updates on COVID-19 Response HHS Announces Additional Biden Administration Staff Appointments White House and Republicans Continue Negotiations on Infrastructure Senate Confirms Chiquita Brooks-LaSure to Head CMS Congressional Leaders Seek Public Option Ideas CMS Affirms that Next Generation ACO Model Will End in December 2021 HHS Hosts Fourth Meeting of…

On May 17th, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for the 2022 Optimizing Virtual Care awards under the Health Center Program. The purpose of this one-time funding is to support health centers in developing, implementing, and evaluating innovative, evidence-based strategies that: Optimize the use of…