The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has sent a letter to Medicaid directors in all 50 states directing them to determine whether they have an eligibility systems issue that could cause people, especially children, to be disenrolled from Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program (

Rapid expansion of telehealth services for mental health conditions at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic helped improve access to care and improved provider ability to meet patient demand, according to a study published in JAMA Health Forum. 

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, has issued a proposed rule that seeks to establish comprehensive staffing requirements for nursing homes – including, for the first time, national minimum nurse staffing standards.