Medicaid Work Group letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on the introduction of new Breakthrough Therapy Designation medications and their potential impact on Medicaid costs. (
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Medicare Steering Committee issue brief offering an actuarial perspective on Medicare's financial condition and outlining the public policy options to address the program's long-term financial challenges. (
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Medicaid Work Group request to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for specific guidance on the Affordable Care Act's Health Insurance Providers fee and how it affects the Medicaid program. (
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Medicare Part D RBC Subgroup report to NAIC’s Health Risk-Based Capital Working Group recommending no change be made to the risk factors for Medicare Part D coverage. (
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Medicare Supplement Work Group update to NAIC's Health Actuarial Task Force on the progress of a review of the Medicare supplement review and a list of next steps. (
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Medicare Steering Committee issue brief offering an annual perspective on Medicare's financial condition and outlining the public policy options to address the program's long-term financial challenges. (
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Academy Senior Health Fellow Cori Uccello's written testimony to the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health in response to its recent hearing that examined Medicare's traditional fee-for-service benefit design. (
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Slides providing information on the relationship between Medicare provider payment rates and those for private insurance, which is important for understanding how any changes in Medicare provider payment rates could affect private plans. (
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Academy's letter to President Obama and top administration officials urging them to require Academy membership as a qualification for any candidate to the chief actuary position at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. (
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Decision brief highlighting some of the issues that federal and state policymakers and regulators should consider as they are making their Medicaid expansion decisions. (
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Medicare Steering Committee issue brief offering an annual perspective on Medicare's financial condition and outlining the public policy options to address the program's long-term financial challenges. (
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Medicare Steering Committee sample slide deck without speaker notes (updated 5/12) regarding a guide to Medicare's financial challenges and options for improvement. (
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Health Practice Council comment letter to House leadership on legislation (HR 5) that would include a provision to repeal the Independent Payment Advisory Board, which was created under the ACA to provide recommendations to reduce growth in Medicare expenditures if spending exceeds a certain growth rate. (
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