Melissa Lien

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Proposed Rule to Speed Prescription Drug Approvals  

On April 10, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a proposed rule to establish electronic standards for prescription drug prior authorizations and require timely responses from insurers.  Implementation is set for October 2027.  Prior authorization requires health care providers to obtain approval from a patient’s insurance provider before prescribing medications or providing a medical service. A 2024 final rule established standards for medical procedures but did not include prescription drugs. The new proposed rule fixes this gap by setting a 24-hour deadline for Medicaid insurers to […]

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Partners Circle Spotlight: CommonSpirit Health

As one of the nation’s largest nonprofit Catholic healthcare organizations, CommonSpirit Health plays a crucial role in delivering services and coordinating the needs of patients and community members experiencing housing insecurities and homelessness through its Homeless Health Initiative (HHI). Our hospitals function as anchor institutions and resource connectors for our unhoused neighbors across many of

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Advocacy Alert

Take Action: New HUD Continuum of Care Funding Restrictions Will Increase Homelessness

The National Health Care for the Homeless Council strongly opposes the new funding restrictions outlined in the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Fiscal Year 2025 Continuum of Care Notice of Funding Opportunity (CoC NOFO) released late last week because the proposed changes will increase homelessness.  Most significantly, these restrictions will end funding

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New Law Reverses 10 Years of Progress, Putting Lives and Communities at Risk

New Law Reverses 10 Years of Progress, Putting Lives and Communities at Risk Today, Congress passed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, a measure that will strip Medicaid coverage from more than 12 million people, put thousands of lives at risk each year, and threaten the stability of health clinics and hospitals across the country.

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National HCH Council Strongly Opposes House Bill that Cuts Millions Off Medicaid

Early Thursday morning, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a budget bill that will  take Medicaid away from  more than  10 million people and bury states, providers, and low-income people in costly and unnecessary administrative red tape. This bill also targets immigrant, LGBTQ+, and other vulnerable communities by making deep cuts to basic needs programs

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President’s Proposed FY206 Budget Greatly Reduces Health Care Services and Housing Assistance

May 7, 2025 On Friday, the Administration released The President’s FY 2026 Discretionary Budget Request, which proposes dramatic funding reductions to a wide range of federal programs critical to the health and well-being of the unhoused population. The proposed cuts to HHS and HUD target energy assistance, HIV services, maternal-child health, family planning, infectious disease

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