Medicaid & Health Care Financing

New Federal Regulation Establishes Street Medicine as a Reimbursable Model of Care

USC Street Medicine partnered with NHCHC to develop this fact sheet, “New Federal Regulation Establishes Street Medicine as a Reimbursable Model of Care.” At the forefront of health care innovation, USC Street Medicine is a groundbreaking collaboration of interdisciplinary professionals dedicated to improving the lives of the unhoused. With a strong commitment to health care […]

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Fact Sheet: Health Insurance at HCH Programs, 2022

Improving health depends on accessing health care services and engaging in appropriate treatment. People experiencing homelessness have higher rates of chronic medical conditions, acute illnesses, and behavioral health issues compared to their housed counterparts, which contributes to poor health and earlier mortality. This population also experiences greater barriers to accessing care because they tend not

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Issue Brief: Status of State-Level Medicaid Benefits for Medical Respite Care

Medicaid respite care programs are rapidly growing in response to a rising need for people experiencing homelessness to have access to post-acute care in a safe, stable environment coupled with an increased awareness of the program model. While there are numerous financing strategies that work for medical respite programs, more state Medicaid plans and managed

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NHCHC comments on CMS Proposed Rule: Prior Authorizations

Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Advancing Interoperability and Improving Prior Authorization Processes for Medicare Advantage Organizations, Medicaid Managed Care Plans, State Medicaid Agencies, Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Agencies and CHIP Managed Care Entities, Issuers of Qualified Health Plans on the Federally- Facilitated Exchanges, Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) Eligible

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Factsheet: Health Insurance at HCH Programs, 2021

Improving health depends on accessing health care services and engaging in appropriate treatment. People experiencing homelessness have higher rates of chronic conditions, acute illnesses, and behavioral health issues compared to their housed counterparts, which contributes to poor health and earlier mortality. This population also experiences greater.barriers to accessing care because they tend not to have

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Webinar: Medicaid Unwinding: Helping Service Recipients Keep Their Health Care Coverage

Cohosted by NHCHC, CSH, and NAEH. The process of assessing for ongoing eligibility, known as redetermination, is beginning again in the first half of 2023. Homelessness and housing instability can make it difficult for individuals to receive their redetermination notices and respond in a timely manner. Because of this, national experts expect millions of individuals

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Factsheet: 2023 FY Spending Bill and the Medicaid Unwinding: Implications for the HCH Community

The FY 2023 Government spending bill, called the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 and known as the omnibus spending bill, was passed on December 23, 2022, and requires states to begin processing Medicaid redeterminations no later than April 1, 2023. The bill separates the Medicaid redeterminations process, known as “unwinding”, from the public health emergency (PHE)

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