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• Health Policy Implications of the Federal Government Shutdown
• Expectations for emergency Medicaid Coverage 
• States of Innovation: September 2025
• 4.8 Million Will Lose Coverage in 2026 if ePTCs Expire
• Rural Facility and Population Score Estimates by State
• State updates: AK, AR, AZ, CA, IN, KS, MN, MO, MT, NC, NJ, NM, NY, PA & WA

• Health Policy at a Crossroads series
• Medicaid Beneficiary Advisory Council Reporting Toolkit
• The Corporate Transformation of Healthcare
• 36 Million People at Risk of Losing Medicaid Coverage
• Yardstick for Medicaid Budget Targets: What Potential Numbers Mean
• State updates: CO, ID, MD, ME, MI, MN, NJ, NY, PA, TN & WA

• Consolidation and Private Equity in Healthcare
• CMS Rescinds Section 1115 Medicaid Opportunities
• CMS' Health Equity Data Book
• Providing Continuous Eligibility to Children
• New Resources to Support Medicaid Advisory Committees & Beneficiary Advisory Councils
• Medicaid Opportunities to Support Incarcerated Children

• Tracking Policy Developments Following the 2024 Election
• Enhancing the Enrollment Process and Marketplace Operations
• Leveraging Medicaid Managed Care to Address Health-Related Social Needs
• Multiyear Continuous Eligibility in Medicaid and CHIP
• State updates: AZ, CA, CO, DC, FL, LA, MD, MN, MO, MT, NE, NV, NY, OR, SD, TN & VA

• New CMS Maternal Health Model
• Strategies for States to Support Worker Registries
• Lessons from America’s Former Top Doctor 
• National Healthcare Spending in 2022
• Expanding Health Coverage Through Facilitated Enrollment
• State updates: AR, CA, CO, MA, MI, MO, MS, NE, NJ, NM, NY, OR & SC 

In Last Week’s Update:
• New Unwinding Resources
• CMS Resources to Navigate Health Insurance Programs
• CMS Guidance on Health-Related Social Needs
• Strategies to Improve Outpatient Billing Practices
• New CMS Tribal Protections in Medicaid and CHIP Toolkit
• State updates: AL, CA, IA, KS, MA, MI, MN, MO, NC, NY, OR, WV & WY

• Exploring Approaches to Health Equity Benchmarking
• NAMD Unwinding Update
• Increasing the Rate of Ex Parte Renewals
• Call for Applications: Equity Changemakers Institute
• State updates: CA, IN, KS, MA, MN, MS, NC, NY, OR, PA, TX, VA, WA & WY

In This Week’s Update:
• Delivering Medicaid and CHIP Services in School-Based Settings
• Monitoring Health Coverage During the Unwinding
• Expanding Coverage Through Section 1332
• Premium Increases in Early Rate Filings

• CMS Unwinding Data Release
• Misleading Marketing as Millions Search for Coverage
• Interventions to Avoid Choice Errors in the ACA Marketplace
• The Intersection of Housing and Health
• State updates: AK, AL, CA, CT, DE, MA, MI, MN, MS, NM, NY, PA & WI

In This Week’s Update:
• New CMS Unwinding Resources
• No Surprises Act Proposed Rule
• States of Unwinding: July 7, 2023
• Facilitating Multi-Stakeholder Health Equity Collaboration
• Modernizing Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment
• State updates: AK, CA, DE, FL, MD, MI, ND, NJ, OK, OR, PA, USVI & WI

In This Week’s Update:
• Best Practices: Reporting Unwinding Data
• Social Insurance during the Pandemic: Successes, Shortcomings, and Policy Options for the Future
• Celebrating Black Women Leaders in Medicaid
• State Employee Health Plan Cost Growth
• State updates: AZ, CT, DC, IL, MA, MD, MN, NJ, NV, NY, PA, VA, WA & WI

In This Week’s Update:
• End of the Public Health Emergency
• Sequencing Communications to Encourage Coverage Transitions
• A Closer Look at Medicaid Call Center Options as the Unwinding Kicks Into High Gear
• State updates: AR, CO, IA, IN, MA, MI, MN, MO, NJ, NV, OR, PA, RI, VT & WA

In This Week’s Update:
• The Basic Health Program
• Medicaid Unwinding Estimated Coverage Losses
• Strategies for Providing Whole Child Care
• Regulatory-Palooza Week
• State updates: CA, CT, DC, ID, IN, KY, MA, MI, MN, NM, NY, OR, PA, VA & WA

In This Week’s Update:
• New SHVS unwinding materials
• Promising Practices to Foster Meaningful Health System and Community Partnerships
• Mothers’ Mental Health Challenges Predated the COVID-19 Pandemic
• Realizing the Promise of All-Payer Claims Databases
• State updates: AR, CO, MI, MN, NC, NE, NJ, OR, SC, SD, UT & WA

In This Week’s Update:
• SHVS webinar: Unwinding Provisions in the Omnibus
• Medicaid Director Letter
• Medicaid Innovation Award: Coffee Chat with Kentucky and West Virginia
• New Report Highlights Gap in the No Surprises Act
• Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander Adults Face Healthcare Access Challenges Related to Limited English Proficiency
• State updates: CO, MN, NJ, NM, NY, OK, SC, TN & VA

In This Week’s Update:
• Medicaid Expansion’s Fiscal Impact
• Essential Health Benefits Request for Information
• Sugary Beverage Taxes and Public Health
• The ACA’s Preventive Services Benefit is in Jeopardy: What Can States Do to Preserve Access?
• State updates: CA, CO, CT, DE, MI, NC, NE, NJ, NY, OK, OR & WA

In This Week’s Update:
• Marketplace Coverage
• Unwinding FAQ
• No Surprises Act Implementation
• OEP kicks off next week
• Birth Equity in Medicaid
• 50-State Medicaid Budget Survey Archives
• State updates: CA, GA, IL, ME, NJ, NV, NY, PA, TN & WI

• SHVS webinar on E&E proposed rule
• Addressing Health-Related Social Needs Through Medicaid Managed Care
• Center for Health and Wellbeing Launches Princeton Pulse Podcast
• CMS Sets Parameters for Optional Health Home Benefit for Medically Complex Children
• State updates: IN, MI, MN, & more

In This Week’s Update:
• Latest Medicaid and CHIP enrollment numbers
• National strategy on hunger, nutrition and health
• Robust, Diverse, and Resilient Behavioral Health Workforce in Massachusetts
• NAMD Federal Policy Brief: Behavioral Health Equity
• State updates: AL, KS, MA, MN, NE, NV, NJ, NM & OR

CDC Data Shows More Than 80% of Pregnancy-Related Deaths are Preventable 
Health Insurance Coverage Estimates from the 2021 ACS and CPS
The Future of Aging Policy: A Snapshot of State Priorities
How Changing the Marketplace Coverage Benchmark Could Impact Affordability
State updates: AZ, MI, NC, NJ, NV, OH, OK, OR & RI

In This Week’s Update:
• Summary of E&E Proposed Rule
• Advancing Oral Health Equity for Medicaid Populations
• Analysis of Recent National Trends in Medicaid and CHIP Enrollment
• State-Level Trends in Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance
• State updates: CA, KS, KY, MI, NM, NY, OK, OR & WV

• Public Charge Rule and Preventive Services Decision
• Protecting Coverage for Postpartum Individuals
• Requesting an Extension of Nurse Aide Training
• Aligning in Crisis: Strategies & Tools to Leverage Federal Funding
• State Updates: DE, IN, ME, MN, NC, NJ, NY, OK, TN & WV

•Enrollment and eligibility proposed rule
•Expanding Equitable Telehealth Access: Federal Funding Opportunities to Support Universal Broadband
•Assessing Physician Acceptance of Medicaid Patients Using State Health Compare
•State updates: AZ, CA, FL, IA, LA, MN, MO, NC, NE, NH, NJ, RI & WI

• No Surprises Act Final Rule
• ASPE Projects Coverage Losses Post-PHE
• Lessons From the California Health Care Quality and Affordability Act
• States Take Charge of Healthcare Costs
• Unwinding the Medicaid Continuous Coverage Provision: Projected Enrollment Effects
• State updates: AL, CA, CO, CT, IN, MI, NV & WI

In This Week’s Update:

New SHVS Unwinding Communications Resource
Assist Leadership Programs
Assisting states with Medicaid Redeterminations
Medicaid Continuous Coverage: Fiscal and Enrollment Implications
Leveraging Medicaid to Reduce Youth Homelessness
State updates: AL, CT, FL, LA, MD, MI, MT, NC, OR, WA & WI

In This Week’s Update:

Notable Sate Health & Value Strategies pieces from 2021
Advancing Health Equity through APMs
Addressing hunger through cross-sector partnerships
State updates: CA, LA, MA, MD, MN, NC, NE, NJ, OK & PA