Becker's Healthcare March 15, 2021
The Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission released its March 2021 Report to Congress, which included recommendations to improve Medicaid’s response during economic downturns, address concerns about high maternal morbidity rates and change Medicaid’s estate recovery policies.
Four key takeaways:
1. MACPAC is calling on Congress to enact an automatic Medicaid financing adjustment that will counteract fluctuations in the economy to ensure federal funds flow quickly to Medicaid during economic downturns.
2. The commission recommends that Congress require states to expand postpartum coverage under Medicaid from 60 days to a full year with a 100 percent federal match. The recommendation was made to address the “unacceptably high rates of maternal mortality and morbidity among people of color...
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