State of the States Webinar with Camille Dobson of ADvancing States
On May 18, the MLTSS Association held a virtual event for health plan and Partnership Program members featuring a presentation from...
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May 11, 2022
Summary and Analysis of CMS CY 2023 Medicare Advantage and Part D Final Rule
On April 29, 2022, CMS released the CY 2023 Medicare Advantage (MA) and Part D final rule (see press release, fact sheet), which included...
Apr 29, 2022
MLTSS Assn Brief: MLTSS Plans’ Current Sources of Medicare Data and Their Limitations
The MLTSS Association recently developed a brief summary of the Medicare data sources that MLTSS plans currently have access to and the...
Apr 29, 2022
MLTSS Assn Summary of April MACPAC Sessions
Early April, the Medicaid and CHIP Payment Access Commission (MACPAC) met for their public meeting. The meeting included presentations on...
Apr 29, 2022
MLTSS Assn Sends Letter Requesting CMS Extend ARPA Spending Deadline
The MLTSS Association sent a letter to CMCS Director Dan Tsai requesting that a formal extension of the March 31, 2024 deadline for...
Apr 29, 2022
Summary of CMS Access RFI Responses from Other Stakeholder Groups
In February, CMS released a Request for Information (RFI) soliciting feedback on how to improve access to care in Medicaid and CHIP, to...
Apr 20, 2022
Medicaid Access RFI Response
On April 18, 2022, the MLTSS Association responded to the CMS Request for Information on Access to Care and Coverage for People Enrolled...
Mar 9, 2022
Medicare Advantage and Part D Proposed Rule Comments
On March 7, 2022, the MLTSS Association submitted comments to CMS on the Medicare Program; Contract Year 2023 Policy and Technical...
Nov 29, 2021
Network Adequacy Framework
The National MLTSS Health Plan Association offers a framework for states who have managed LTSS programs to assure that state HCBS systems...
Sep 7, 2021
Direct Contracting Letter to CMMI
On September 8, 2021 the National MLTSS Association, America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), the Association for Community Affiliated...
Aug 30, 2021
Indiana MLTSS RFI Response
The MLTSS Association has responded to an Indiana Family and Social Services Administration RFI to inform its plans to establish a new...
Aug 30, 2021
Medicaid Continuous Eligibility Letter
The MLTSS Association has joined other health plan associations to sign on to a letter to Congressional leadership advocating for the...
Jul 22, 2021
Investment in HCBS Infrastructure: Letter to Senators
On July 19, 2021, the MLTSS Association sent a letter to Senators Schumer, Sanders, and Warner, urging them to commit to investing the...
Jul 13, 2021
Policy Proposals to Advance Integrated Care
Today less than 10 percent of “full Duals” (beneficiaries who have full coverage in both Medicare and Medicaid) are enrolled in managed...
Apr 25, 2021
HCBS Access Act Letter
On April 26, 2021 the Association wrote a letter to Chairman Casey, Senator Brown, Senator Hassan, and Representative Dingell to commend...
Apr 7, 2021
Implementation of Section 9817 of ARPA Feedback
On April 8 the National MLTSS Association sent a letter to CMS to provide feedback and recommendations on the implementation of Section...
Mar 18, 2021
MLTSS Plan Access to COVID-19 Vaccine Data for Dually Eligible Beneficiaries
On March 19, 2021 the Association for Community Affiliated Plans (ACAP), Medicaid Health Plans of America (MHPA), and the National MLTSS...
Feb 18, 2021
Proposals to Address COVID-19’s Impact on LTSS (Feb 2021)
On February 18, 2021, the National MLTSS Association sent a letter to Majority Leader Schumer, Minority Leader McConnell, Speaker Pelosi,...
Dec 28, 2020
Regulatory Relief to Support Economic Recovery RFI Response
On December 28, 2020, the National MLTSS Health Plan Association submitted comments on the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services...
Dec 21, 2020
Policies to Support the LTSS System
On December 21, 2020 the National MLTSS Health Plan Association wrote a letter to President-Elect Biden to urge the incoming...
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