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Joint Commission adds two targeted Medicaid studies and adopts virtual participation policy
Summary
The Joint Commission on Health Care’s executive subcommittee recommended two targeted studies — a Medicaid in‑lieu food and nutrition benefit and strategies for legislative oversight of Medicaid spending — and the full commission voted to adopt both recommendations and the commission’s virtual meeting policy for 2025.
At its spring meeting, the Joint Commission on Health Care approved two additions to its 2025 work plan and adopted an electronic participation policy required by the Code of Virginia.
The changes matter because they add narrowly scoped, staff‑led studies focused on Medicaid policy and legislative oversight during a period of active changes to Medicaid financing and program responsibilities that affect the commission’s workload.
Executive staff told commissioners the commission received a new duty in the 2025 session to assess proposed mandated health‑insurance benefits transferred from JLARC; the Appropriations Act included one additional staff position to…
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