Tag: state policy

Health Center Regulatory Issues, Health Center State Policy

CMS Issues Guidance on Community Engagement and Work Requirement Proposals for Medicaid

Today CMS published its much anticipated federal policy guidance (SMD: 18-002, see NACHC summary here) reiterating its support and describing considerations for states with an interest in pursuing Section 1115(a) Medicaid waivers to implement work and/or community engagement requirements for Medicaid. This effort began last year with a letter from then-Secretary Price and CMS Administrator …

Health Center State Policy, Social Determinants of Health

Removing Barriers to Care for Those Who Served Behind Bars

By Alisha Reginal, NACHC Intern Community Healthcare Network (CHN) is a Community Health Center with eleven sites that serve over 80,000 patients in Brooklyn, the Bronx, Queens, and Manhattan. Over 5,000 of CHN’s patients are enrolled in New York’s Health Homes program.  Created as part of the Affordable Care Act, the Section 2703 Health Homes program (now in operation …