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Following up on our work from July 2021, the National MLTSS Health Plan Association has updated its set of policy proposals to advance...

On June 30th, the MLTSS Association submitted comments on a bipartisan discussion draft of a bill that proposes to advance integrated...

On April 13th, Mary Kaschak facilitated a bipartisan Congressional committee educational session on behalf of the Long-Term Quality...

On February 1, 2023, CMS published the Advance Notice of Methodological Changes for Calendar Year (CY) 2024 for Medicare Advantage (MA)...

On February 13th, 2023, the MLTSS Association submitted comments on CMS’ 2024 Medicare Advantage and Part D proposed rule. Among its...

The population served by MLTSS health plans experiences stark disparities by race and ethnicity, making it critical to ensure that this...

A bipartisan group of Senators published a letter requesting information on how Congress can improve health care coverage and alignment...

CMS released an RFI to inform their efforts to strengthen Medicare Advantage in alignment with agency’s goals and vision for the future....

On May 19, the Senate Special Committee on Aging held a hearing focused on senior mental health and integrated care. During the hearing,...

The MLTSS Association recently developed a brief summary of the Medicare data sources that MLTSS plans currently have access to and the...

On March 7, 2022, the MLTSS Association submitted comments to CMS on the Medicare Program; Contract Year 2023 Policy and Technical...

On September 8, 2021 the National MLTSS Association, America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), the Association for Community Affiliated...

Today less than 10 percent of “full Duals” (beneficiaries who have full coverage in both Medicare and Medicaid) are enrolled in managed...

On March 19, 2021 the Association for Community Affiliated Plans (ACAP), Medicaid Health Plans of America (MHPA), and the National MLTSS...

The DC model is focused on giving participants the ability to take increasing levels of risk for a patient population through flexible...

On July 27, 2020, the Association wrote a letter to the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC) Commissioners in...

In response to the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)’s announcement of the Primary Cares Initiative, on June 17, 2020 the...

Roughly 12 million Americans are eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid (e.g., dual eligibles). Dualeligible individuals with long-term...

Only 9 percent of beneficiaries who have full coverage in both Medicare and Medicaid (“full Duals”) are enrolled in managed care plans...

On February 27, the Association wrote a letter to Administrator Seema Verma to provide comment on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid...