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Issue Brief

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
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
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…
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,… Download
Date 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… Download
Date 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
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
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… Download
Date 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… Download
Date 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
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
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
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… Download
Date 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
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
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… Download
Date 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… Download
Date 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
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… Download
Date 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… Download
Date 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
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
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 &… Download
Date Published: 01/26/2022