Simon&Co Partners Add Bipartisan Pressure on CMS’s NEMT Rule
As part of Simon&Co’s ongoing effort to preserve NEMT benefits for Medicaid beneficiaries, Reps. Sanford Bishop [D-GA-2], Buddy Carter [R-GA-1], and Tom Graves [R-GA-14] sent a letter to CMS...
View ArticleCarter, Cárdenas Introduce H.R.3935, the Protecting Patients Transportation...
Today Rep. Carter introduced H.R. 3935, which would write into statute the Medicaid non-emergency medical transportation benefit. The bill was originally cosponsored by Reps. Cárdenas (R-GA-1), Graves...
View ArticleMarsha Simon Comments on Pelosi Drug Bill
Simon sees unprecedented concentration of power by the leadership. Link to article.
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Marsha Simon Pens Post for GW Health Policy and Management Matters Blog
The GW Health Policy and Management Matters blog posted a piece last week written by Simon&Co. President Marsha Simon about Sanford Bishop and the Congressional Black Caucus’s effort to preserve...
View ArticleSens. Isakson, Brown Release Senate NEMT Bill
Last Wednesday Sens. Johnny Isakson (R-GA) and Sherrod Brown (D-OH) introduced the Protecting Patients Transportation to Care Act, which would codify NEMT as a mandatory benefit in the statute. As...
View ArticleMarsha Simon Makes The Hill’s Top Lobbyists
Today Marsha Simon, President of MJ Simon & Company, was named one of The Hill’s Top Lobbyists of 2019. Here’s a link to the story.
View ArticleEnergy and Commerce Committee Hears NEMT Bill
On January 8 the House Energy and Commerce Committee Health Subcommittee held a hearing on several healthcare-related proposals, including HR 3935, which would write the Medicaid NEMT benefit into...
View ArticleHouse Passes Heroes Act–Includes NEMT provision
For the first time since 2009, the House has passed legislation to permanently codify the Medicaid non-emergency medical transportation (NEMT) benefit. The language included in the HEROES Act would...
View ArticleNew Letter Urges Senate Leadership to Include NEMT in Next Coronavirus Package
The letter, from an informal coalition of nearly 60 advocacy groups, asks Senate leaders to maintain the provision in the House-passed HEROES Act that codifies the Medicaid non-emergency medical...
View ArticleCoalition of Advocates Comments on OK 1115 Waiver Proposal
Today Simon&Co brought together a coalition of nearly 60 advocacy groups to object to Oklahoma’s proposed Medicaid 1115 waiver limiting NEMT Oklahoma-SoonerCare-2.0-Federal-Comment-Letter-1Download
View ArticleSimon&Co Collects Provisions of COVID-19 Response Legislation Contingent on...
As the Trump administration considers rolling various back emergency authorities, Simon&Co has collected a list of provisions in the enacted and draft legislation in response to the coronavirus...
View ArticleFY 21 House LHHS Appropriations Bill Includes Bill and Report Language...
The House FY21 Appropriations Bill, introduced July 15, includes a limitation that would prevent CMS from issuing a planned rule to limit Medicaid non-emergency medical transportation (NEMT). The...
View ArticleCMS Releases Unified Agenda Reiterating Intent to Undermine NEMT
On June 30, CMS released its Spring 2020 Unified Agenda, which reiterated its intent to publish an RFI on the necessity of the Medicaid NEMT benefit. The agenda lists June 2020 as the intended release...
View ArticleMarsha Simon Quoted in Politico Survey on Convention Memories
On Friday, August 28, Politico Magazine asked its audience to recount their “favorite memory from previous editions of the RNC or DNC” and quoted Marsha’s response about watching Ted Kennedy’s speech...
View ArticleMarsha Quoted in MedPage Today, on Whether States Can Regulate PBMs
Yesterday in MedPage Today, Marsha was cited for her thoughts on the current Supreme Court case involving state regulation of pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs). Namely, this case involves a 2015...
View ArticleMarsha Simon Gives Her Thoughts on Recent 340B Policy Developments and the...
Today, Marsha was quoted for 340B Health for her thoughts about recent 340B policy developments and how she believes the federal government should address this policy issue: “At base, there needs to...
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