• Skip to main content
  • Skip to secondary menu
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
California Health Advocates

California Health Advocates

  • Contact
  • Home
  • About Us
    • Contact
    • Our Team
    • Mission
    • Education Services
    • About HICAP
    • Press
    • Testimonials
  • MEDICARE COUNSELING
  • Fact Sheets
  • Topics
    • The Basics
    • Prescription Drugs
    • Low-Income Help
    • Medigap
    • Medicare Advantage
    • Other Health Insurance
    • Appeals
    • Billing & Claims
    • Disabilities
    • Long-Term Care
    • Tribal Nations & Medicare
    • Health Care Reform
    • Advocacy & Policy
    • Glossary
  • Fraud & Abuse
  • Blog
  • Donate

Low-Income help

California Health Advocates > Low-Income help

Medicaid Continuous Enrollment to End as of March 31, 2023

Posted by Karen Joy Fletcher on January 17, 2023

Medicaid continuous enrollment, unwinding, rope breaking

Since the passage of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) on March 18, 2020, most people on Medicaid (Medi-Cal in California) were guaranteed continuous enrollment in Medicaid as long as the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) was still in place. This was because states that were receiving a temporary 6.2 percentage point increase in the Federal Medical … [Read more...] about Medicaid Continuous Enrollment to End as of March 31, 2023

Filed Under: Low-Income help, COVID-19, Professionals

Medicare Expands Part B Immunosuppressive Drug Benefit for People with Kidney Transplants

Posted by Karen Joy Fletcher on January 3, 2023

kidney health, immunosuppressive drugs

In the past, people on Medicare due to kidney failure, or end stage renal disease (ESRD) were eligible for 36 months of Medicare coverage after a successful kidney transplant. This coverage was crucial in large part for the payment of the hugely expensive immunosuppressive drugs necessary to prevent rejection of the transplanted kidney and keep it functioning well. Yet, unless … [Read more...] about Medicare Expands Part B Immunosuppressive Drug Benefit for People with Kidney Transplants

Filed Under: Medicare Basics, Low-Income help, Prescription Drugs - Blog, Professionals

CHA Supports Rescinding Rule that Undermines Medicaid Continuous Coverage Protections During the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency

Posted by Karen Joy Fletcher on November 1, 2022

public health emergency - pic of cut out intergenerational family on two hands

California Health Advocates signed onto to Justice in Aging and National Health Law Program's recent letter that requests the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to fully rescind 42 C.F.R. § 433.400, which was promulgated in the final days of the Trump administration as an Interim Final Rule (IFR). The IFR largely gutted the continuous coverage protections for … [Read more...] about CHA Supports Rescinding Rule that Undermines Medicaid Continuous Coverage Protections During the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency

Filed Under: Letters and Comments to Policymakers, COVID-19, Low-Income help

COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Extended Another 90 Days

Posted by Karen Joy Fletcher on October 26, 2022

public health emergency, nurse making heart shape with hands

On October 13, 2022, Department of Health and Human Services Secretary, Xavier Becerra extended the COVID-19 pandemic's status as a public health emergency (PHE) for another 90 days, thereby preserving measures like high payments to hospitals and expanded Medicaid. At the same time, advocates and states are preparing for Medicaid and the public health emergency's unwinding. … [Read more...] about COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Extended Another 90 Days

Filed Under: COVID-19, Low-Income help, Professionals, Resources

CHA Expresses Concerns on Proposed Changes in “Share of Cost” Terminology

Posted by Karen Joy Fletcher on October 24, 2022

share of cost, woman with concerned look on face

California Health Advocates joined California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform (CANHR) in submitting a letter along with 28 other advocacy organizations throughout the state expressing concerns regarding the Department of Health Care Services' proposed changes to Medi-Cal's "share of cost" terminology. DHCS proposes to change the term to “patient liability,” for individuals in … [Read more...] about CHA Expresses Concerns on Proposed Changes in “Share of Cost” Terminology

Filed Under: Letters and Comments to Policymakers, Low-Income help

Next Page »

Primary Sidebar

Change Text Size

  • 100%  110%  120%  130%  

News & Blog Categories

  • Medicare Advantage
  • Low-Income help
  • Medicare & Disabilities
  • Medicare Basics
  • Prescription Drugs
  • Medicare & Other Health Insurance
  • Medicare Billings, Claims & Appeals
  • Health Care Disparities
  • Fraud & Abuse

—

  • COVID-19
  • Resources
  • Health Care Reform
  • Long-Term Care
  • CHA News

—

  • Advocacy & Policy
  • Letters and Comments to Policymakers
  • Legislative and Congressional Testimony
  • Policy Briefs

Send Us Comment

Do you have comments or concerns about your Medicare coverage? Issues regarding getting your needed prescriptions from your Part D plan, or a Medicare Advantage plan representative's marketing practices? Let us know at comments@cahealthadvocates.org.

We are dedicated to making Medicare's program work well for all beneficiaries. Your feedback from your own or your client's concerns and experiences with Medicare, will guide our Medicare advocacy efforts with key policy and decision-makers in both California and nationally with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and Congress.

Archives

Donate Today

Footer

Sign up for our newsletter

Choose the news you'd like to receive

Important Links

  • About Us
  • Fact Sheets
  • Blog
  • Donate
  • Contact
  • Privacy Notice
  • Cookie Policy
  • Accessibility Statement

Follow Us

Copyright © 2023 · California Health Advocates · Web Design by TWK Web and Print Design · Log in