Health care coverage & choice: Council on Medical Service reports

These council reports have proposed strategies establishing the AMA vision for health system reform to cover the uninsured and expand health insurance coverage and choice.

• Reconsidering the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Eligibility Firewall (PDF) CMS Report 2-A-25

• Unified Financing Health Care System (PDF) CMS Report 2-I-24
• Review of Payment Options for Traditional Healing Services (PDF) CMS Report 3-A-24

• Strengthening Network Adequacy (PDF) CMS Report 3-I-23. Read the issue brief for this report: Strengthening Health Plan Network Adequacy (PDF).
• Medicaid Unwinding (PDF) CMS Report 5-I-23. Read the issue brief for this report: Medicaid Unwinding Update (PDF).
• Medicare Coverage of Dental, Vision and Hearing (PDF) CMS Report 02-A-23
• Private Insurer Payment Integrity (PDF) CMS Report 03-A-23
• Health Care Marketplace Plan Selection (PDF) CMS Report 06-A-23

• Preventing Coverage Losses After the Public Health Emergency Ends (PDF) CMS Report 03-A-22. Read the issue brief for this report: Preventing Coverage Losses as the PHE Unwinds (PDF).

• Reducing Inequities and Improving Access to Insurance for Maternal Health Care (PDF) CMS-CSAPH joint report N-21
• Covering the Remaining Uninsured (PDF) CMS Report 3-N-21. See the AMA plan to cover the uninsured (PDF).

• Options to Maximize Coverage Under the AMA Proposal for Reform (PDF) CMS Report 1-November 2020
• Mitigating the Negative Effects of High-Deductible Health Plans (PDF) CMS Report 2-November 2020. Read the issue brief for this report: Mitigating Negative Impacts of High-Deductible Health Plans (PDF).
• Medicaid Reform (PDF) CMS Report 5-November 2020. Read the issue brief for this report: Medicaid Reform (PDF).
• Health Plan Initiatives Addressing Social Determinants of Health (PDF) CMS Report 7-November 2020

• Covering the Uninsured under the AMA Proposal for Reform (PDF) CMS report 2-A-19. Read the issue briefs for this report: 2020 and Beyond: AMA’s Plan to Cover the Uninsured (PDF).
• Medicare Coverage for Dental Services (PDF) CMS report 3-A-19
• Preventive Prostate Cancer Screening (PDF) CMS report 6-A-19

• Aligning Clinical and Financial incentives for High-Value Care (PDF) CMS/CSAPH joint report I-18. Read the issue briefs for this report: Promoting Access to High-Value Care (PDF) and Value-Based insurance Design (PDF).
• Coverage for Colorectal Cancer Screening (PDF) CMS-CSAPH joint report A-18
• Improving Affordability in the Health insurance Exchanges (PDF) CMS report 2-A-18. Read the issue briefs for this report: Improving Health insurance Affordability (PDF), Taking Steps forward to Cover the Uninsured (PDF), and Using Reinsurance to Stabilize and Strengthen the individual Market (PDF).
• Ensuring Marketplace Competition and Health Plan Choice (PDF) CMS report 3-A-18. Read the issue briefs for this report: Improving Health insurance Affordability (PDF) and Taking Steps forward to Cover the Uninsured (PDF).
• Insulin Affordability (PDF) CMS report 7-A-18

• Health Care Financing Models (PDF) CMS report 2-A-17
• Ensuring Continuity of Care Protections During Active Courses of Treatment (PDF) CMS report 3-A-17
• Expansion of U.S. Veterans’ Health Care Choices (PDF) CMS report 6-A-17
• Affordable Care Act Section 1332 Waivers (PDF) CMS report 1-I-17. Read the Issue Briefs for This report: Improving Health insurance Affordability (PDF) and Taking Steps forward to Cover the Uninsured (PDF).
• Health insurance Affordability: Essential Health Benefits and Subsidizing the Coverage of High-Risk Patients (PDF) CMS report 4-I-17. Read the issue briefs for this report: Improving Health insurance Affordability (PDF), Taking Steps forward to Cover the Uninsured (PDF), and Using Reinsurance to Stabilize and Strengthen the individual Market (PDF).
• Payment and Coverage for Genetic/Genomic Precision Medicine (PDF) CMS/CSAPH joint report I-17

• Affordable Care Act Medicaid Expansion (PDF) CMS report 2-A-16. Read the issue brief for this report: Taking Steps Forward to Cover the Uninsured (PDF).
• Health Care While Incarcerated (PDF) CMS report 2-I-16

• Coverage for Chronic Pain Management (PDF) CMS/CSAPH joint report A-15
• Health insurance Affordability (PDF) CMS report 8-I-15. Read the issue briefs for this report: Improving Health insurance Affordability (PDF) and Taking Steps Forward to Cover the Uninsured (PDF).

• Improving the Affordable Care Act (PDF) CMS report 9-A-14
• Reference Pricing (PDF) CMS report 3-I-14
• Network Adequacy (PDF) CMS report 4-I-14
• Medicaid Expansion Options and Alternatives (PDF) CMS report 5-I-14
• The Future of Employer-Sponsored insurance (PDF) CMS report 6-I-14

• Worksite Health Clinics (PDF) CMS report 1-A-13
• Monitoring the Affordable Care Act (PDF) CMS report 5-I-13

• Medicaid Financing Reform (PDF) CMS report 1-A-12
• Basic Health Program (PDF) CMS report 5-A-12
• Small Businesses and Health Reform (PDF) CMS report 6-A-12
• the Structure and Function of Interprofessional Health Care Teams (PDF) CME-CMS joint report I-12

• Physician Tax Credits for Uncompensated Care (PDF) CMS report 2-I-11
• Designation of the intellectually Disabled as a Medically Underserved Population (PDF) CMS report 3-I-11

• Protecting the Patient-Physician Relationship (PDF) CMS report 4-A-10

• Free Clinics and the Uninsured (PDF) CMS report 1-A-09
• Components of Health insurance (PDF) CMS report 2-A-09
• Effects of the Massachusetts Reform Effort and the individual Mandate (PDF) CMS report 7-A-09
• Health insurance Exchange Authority and Operation (PDF) CMS report 3-I-09

• Tax Implications of Eliminating the Employee Income Tax Exclusion for Employer-Sponsored insurance (PDF) CMS report 5-A-08
• Acceptance of TRICARE Health insurance (PDF) CMS report 2 - I-08
• The Tax Treatment of Health Savings Accounts (PDF) CMS report 7 - I-08
• Tax Deductibility of Employer Contributions toward Employee Health insurance and Health Care Expenses (PDF) CMS report 8-I-08

• No Child Left Uninsured (PDF) CMS report 1 - A-07
• Financial Impact of Immigration on American Health System (PDF) CMS report 3-A-07
• Health insurance Coverage for College Students (PDF) CMS report 4-A-07
• Update in Store-Based Health Clinics (PDF) CMS report 5-A-07
• Adequacy of Health Insurance Coverage (PDF) CMS report 7-A-07
• Health insurance Coverage of High-Risk Patients (PDF) CMS report 2-I-07
• State Efforts to Expand Coverage to the Uninsured (PDF) CMS report 3-I-07
• Trends in Employment-Based Health insurance (PDF) CMS report 4-I-07
• Health insurance Subsidies: Tax Deductions and Tax Credits (PDF) CMS report 5 - I-07

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