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Nicole Chauncey instructs a volunteer on how to register clinic visitors at the Lowell Senior Center in Lowell, Mass., on Feb. 25, 2021. Recently approved Medicaid section 1115 demonstrations from Massachusetts, Arizona, Arkansas, and Oregon establish a new Centers for Medicare and Medicaid policy framework. Photo: Jessica Rinaldi/Boston Globe via Getty Images

Improving Health Care Quality

CMS’ New Policy Framework for Section 1115 Medicaid Demonstrations

Blog / Jan 10, 2023

Volunteers deliver boxes of foods to families on May 8, 2020 in Foxborough, Mass. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid services recently approved section 1115 demonstrations in Massachusetts in three other states that include innovative funding for addressing social drivers of health, such as nutrition-related services. Photo: Maddie Meyer/Getty Images

Improving Health Care Quality

CMS Approves Groundbreaking Section 1115 Demonstrations

Blog / Dec 07, 2022

Inmate waits to be seen by a doctor

Improving Health Care Quality

States Push for Innovative Ways to Improve Health Outcomes for Justice-Involved Individuals

Blog / Sep 13, 2022

Geneva Cooley, 72, learns how to use the internet and sets up a gmail account with the help of re-entry coordinator Donna Collins at the Aid to Inmate Mothers house two days after getting released from a life sentence without parole.

Improving Health Care Quality

Providing Health Care at Reentry Is a Critical Step in Criminal Justice Reform

Blog / Sep 09, 2022

Mom and two daughters sit at dining room table working on computers and school work

Achieving Universal Coverage

Fixing the Family Glitch and Other Priorities

Blog / Jan 11, 2022

Family pushes boy in wheelchair on mat on the sand of beach with pier in the background

Achieving Universal Coverage

Demonstrations to Limit Retroactive Eligibility in Medicaid Lack Evidence and Threaten Access to Care

Blog / Oct 21, 2021

Mom washes cloth in sink while holding newborn baby in her kitchen

Achieving Universal Coverage

State Options for Extending Medicaid Postpartum Coverage

Blog / Aug 11, 2021

President Joe Biden, with Vice President Kamala Harris (left), signs executive orders on health care, including reopening enrollment in the Affordable Care Act. The Biden administration has pledged to expand coverage and help improve affordability under the ACA.

Achieving Universal Coverage

The Affordable Care Act in the Biden Era: Identifying Federal Priorities for Administrative Action

Issue Briefs / May 17, 2021

Medics transfer a patient on a stretcher from an ambulance outside of Emergency at Coral Gables Hospital where Coronavirus patients are treated near Miami, Florida.

Achieving Universal Coverage

Uncompensated Care Pool Waivers Undermine Health Coverage for the Uninsured

Blog / Apr 16, 2021

A Health Care Regulatory Agenda for the Biden Administration

Achieving Universal Coverage

A Health Care Regulatory Agenda for the Biden Administration

Blog / Jan 13, 2021

How the Biden Administration Can Act to Strengthen Medicaid

Achieving Universal Coverage

How the Biden Administration Can Act to Strengthen Medicaid

Blog / Dec 11, 2020

Doctor treating patient with COVID-19

Achieving Universal Coverage

Using Medicaid Waivers to Help States Manage the COVID-19 Public Health Crisis

Blog / Mar 26, 2020

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