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Issue Brief Examines Medicaid Per-Capita Caps, Design Considerations, and Policy Implications
A Medicaid Committee issue brief, Medicaid Per Capita Caps: Design Considerations and Policy Implications, focuses on Medicaid per-capita caps and discusses some of the key design considerations… Download
Topics: Medicare / Medicaid
Date Published: 03/06/2025
Comment / Letter
Committee Comments on 2026 NBPP
The Health Practice Council’s Individual and Small Group Markets Committee submitted comments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services regarding the proposed rule for the 2026 Notice… Download
Topics: Medicare / Medicaid
Date Published: 11/12/2024
Comment / Letter
Importance, Benefits, and Responsibilities of Volunteering
Importance of Volunteering The American Academy of Actuaries is the voice of U.S. actuaries on public policy and professionalism issues, bringing together all the specialties within the…
Topics: Actuarial Standards Benefits Casualty Continuing Education Financial Reporting Medicare / Medicaid Membership NAIC Professionalism Public Policy Reinsurance Retirement Risk Management Social Security
Date Published: 09/24/2024
Topics: Medicare / Medicaid
Date Published: 09/23/2024
Presentation
Committee Presents on Health Equity at SOA Health Meeting
The Health Equity Committee presented at the 2024 SOA Health Meeting on “Improving Data Analysis Using a Health Equity Lens.” The session explored the intersection of health equity and data,… DownloadDate Published: 06/24/2024
Issue Brief
Medicare’s Financial Condition: Beyond Actuarial Balance
The Medicare Committee released an issue brief, Medicare’s Financial Condition: Beyond Actuarial Balance, that examines the findings of the 2024 Medicare Trustees Report with respect to program… DownloadDate Published: 05/08/2024
Comment / Letter
Committee Comments on 2025 NBPP
The Health Practice Council’s Individual and Small Group Markets Committee submitted comments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services regarding the proposed rule for the 2025 Notice… Download
Topics: Medicare / Medicaid
Date Published: 01/08/2024
Comment / Letter
Committee Comments on Draft 2025 Actuarial Value (AV) Calculator Methodology
The Individual and Small Group Markets Committee submitted comments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Center for Consumer Information & Insurance Oversight (CCIIO) on… Download
Topics: Medicare / Medicaid
Date Published: 01/02/2024
Senior Health Fellow Cori Uccello Receives Wynn Award from CCA
Academy Senior Health Fellow Cori Uccello received the prestigious Wynn Kent Public Communication Award from the Conference of Consulting Actuaries (CCA) at CCA’s Annual Meeting. In remarks… DownloadDate Published: 10/16/2023
Comment / Letter
Committee Comments to CMS on Cost-Sharing Payments Program’s Maximum Monthly Cap
Health Practice Council’s Medicare Committee submitted a comment letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on the draft part one guidance for the Maximum Monthly Cap on Cost-Sharing… DownloadDate Published: 09/20/2023
Comment / Letter
Committee Comments to CMS on Cost-Sharing Payments Program’s Maximum Monthly Cap
Committee Comments to CMS on Cost-Sharing Payments Program’s Maximum Monthly Cap The Health Practice Council’s Medicare Committee submitted a comment letter to the Centers for Medicare &… Download
Topics: Medicare / Medicaid
Date Published: 09/20/2023
Committee Comments to CMS on Cost-Sharing Payments Program’s Maximum Monthly Cap
The Health Practice Council’s Medicare Committee submitted a comment letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on the draft part one guidance for the Maximum Monthly Cap… Download
Topics: Medicare / Medicaid
Date Published: 09/20/2023
Comment / Letter
HPC Committees Comment on 2024 NBPP
The Health Practice Council’s Individual and Small Group Markets Committee and Risk Sharing Subcommittee submitted a comment letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’… Download
Topics: Medicare / Medicaid
Date Published: 07/30/2023
Comment / Letter
Committee Comments to CMS on Medicaid Managed Care NPRM
The Health Practice Council’s Medicaid Committee submitted a comment letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM), Medicaid and… DownloadDate Published: 06/30/2023
Issue Brief
Medicare’s Financial Condition: Beyond Actuarial Balance
The Medicare Committee released an issue brief focusing on the near and long-term financing challenges facing the Medicare program based on the 2023 Medicare Trustees Report. Download
Topics: Medicare / Medicaid
Date Published: 04/13/2023
Resource
‘Great Unwinding’ Webinar Recap
Academy Medicaid Committee leadership and members joined with outside experts to break down the future of Medicaid as states plan to reinitiate Medicaid redeterminations for the first time since…Date Published: 03/27/2023
Comment / Letter
Committee Comments on Draft 2024 Actuarial Value (AV) Calculator Methodology
The Individual and Small Group Markets Committee submitted comments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Center for Consumer Information & Insurance Oversight (CCIIO) on… Download
Topics: Medicare / Medicaid
Date Published: 01/12/2023
Medicaid Managed Care State-Directed Payments
The Medicaid Committee released a public policy issue brief providing an overview of Medicaid managed care state-directed payments. The brief discusses: how these payments have evolved from… DownloadDate Published: 09/16/2022
Comment / Letter
Health Equity Committee Comments to CMS on Medicare Advantage
The Health Equity Committee sent comments responding to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) request for information (RFI) that was seeking public comment on the Medicare… DownloadDate Published: 08/30/2022
Issue Brief
Medicare’s Financial Condition: Beyond Actuarial Balance
The Medicare Committee released an issue brief on the financing challenges facing the Medicare program based on the 2022 Medicare Trustees Report. Download
Topics: Medicare / Medicaid
Date Published: 06/03/2022
Comment / Letter
Subcommittee Comment Letter to CMS on the Proposed Rule for the 2023 Policy and Technical Changes to the Medicare Advantage and Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Programs
The Long-Term Care Medicaid Subcommittee submitted a comment letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on the proposed rule, “Medicare Program; Contract Year 2023 Policy and… DownloadDate Published: 03/07/2022
Subcommittee Comments to CMS on Proposed Rule
The Long-Term Care Medicaid Subcommittee submitted a comment letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on the proposed rule, “Medicare Program; Contract Year 2023 Policy and… DownloadDate Published: 03/07/2022
Testimony
Statement for the Record on the Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Future of Medicare Financing
Medicare Committee Chairperson Rina Vertes and Academy Senior Health Fellow Cori Uccello submitted a statement for the record to the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance Subcommittee on Fiscal… Download
Topics: Medicare / Medicaid
Date Published: 02/11/2022
Comment / Letter
Committee Comments on Draft 2023 Actuarial Value (AV) Calculator Methodology
The Individual and Small Group Markets Committee submitted comments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Center for Consumer Information & Insurance Oversight (CCIIO) on… Download
Topics: Medicare / Medicaid
Date Published: 01/31/2022
Comment / Letter
HPC Committees Comment on 2023 NBPP
The Health Practice Council’s Individual and Small Group Markets Committee, Risk Sharing Subcommittee, and Health Equity Work Group submitted a comment letter to the Centers for Medicare &… DownloadDate Published: 01/26/2022