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Advisory council approves most recommendations in block votes; proposal to expand reporting beyond Medicaid fails
Summary
At a meeting of the advisory council, members used block voice votes to approve the bulk of recommendations from chairs, advocates and industry; a proposal to require industry year-end reporting for all carriers rather than Medicaid recipients failed after several nays and at least one abstention. Multiple agencies abstained from voting today.
The Advisory Council met to accept minutes and vote on a slate of recommendations from council chairs, advocates and industry representatives, approving most items in grouped voice votes while rejecting one measure to expand reporting beyond Medicaid.
Chair Maureen opened the session by explaining the decision to divide 24 recommendations into three blocks — general, advocates and industry — to avoid a lengthy roll-call process: "We realized that doing 24 recommendations was too cumbersome, too tedious," she said, urging members to submit written responses by Dec. 20 and review a draft report to be circulated at the end of the month.
Why it matters: the votes set the council's formal advice on timelines, equipment definitions and reporting expectations that will inform final recommendations in the council's year-end report. Several agencies also signaled they would abstain…
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