State Intelligence — Alabama
Signals referencing this state across all sources.
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CMS Announces Resources, Flexibilities to Assist with Public Health Emergency in Alabama and Florida
CMS Announces Resources, Flexibilities to Assist with Public Health Emergency in Alabama and Florida The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced today additional resources and flexibility available in response to a Public Health Emergency (PHE) in Alabama, beginning Oct. 7, 2026, and Florida, beginning Oct. 6, 2026, respectively, due to emergency conditions resulting from Hurricane Isaias and continuing. CMS is working closely with both states and federal partners to put flex...
Policy / Regulatory Changes · 140 signals · last 30 days -
Alabama voters to consider Pledge of Allegiance, National Anthem, school prayer
Alabama voters will decide in November whether to amend the state constitution to require school boards to adopt policies the daily recital of the Pledge of Allegiance in schools and student-led prayer, as well as the broadcast of the Star-Spangled Banner every week. Amendment 3, sponsored by Rep. Reed Ingram, R-Pike Road, requires K-12 public […]
Anthem AlabamaElevance Health · 16 signals · last 30 days -
Centene to launch CHOICE options in 4 more states
Centene is launching Custom Health Option and Individual Care Expense arrangements, recently rebranded from individual coverage health reimbursement arrangements, in four more states in 2027. Ambetter Health Solutions President Alan Silver told Becker’s Oct. 8 that the expansion includes Alabama, Iowa, North Carolina and Pennsylvania. The company currently offers plans designed for CHOICE in 13 […] The post Centene to launch CHOICE options in 4 more states appeared first on Becker's Payer Iss...
Centene · 13 signals · last 30 days -
Trump Administration Announces Nearly $55 Million to Expand Rural Maternal and Emergency Care, Cancer Screening, and Alabama’s Rural Healthcare Workforce
Trump Administration Announces Nearly $55 Million to Expand Rural Maternal and Emergency Care, Cancer Screening, and Alabama’s Rural Healthcare Workforce This federal investment will support 34 grants including maternal care networks and increase access to cancer screening across Alabama
Competitive / Operational Strategy · 36 signals · last 30 days -
CMS to expand IRF claim review demonstration to all facilities billing the jurisdiction that includes Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced Sept. 25 that it will expand the Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Review Choice Demonstration to include all IRFs that bill Medicare Administrative Contractor Jurisdiction J, which generally includes Alabama, Georgia and Tennessee. The demonstration, which is currently active for IRFs in Alabama, California, Texas and Pennsylvania, subjects 100% of all Original Medicare IRF claims to either pre-claim or post-payment review. For IRFs newl...
Policy / Regulatory Changes · 140 signals · last 30 days -
Hospital emerges from bankruptcy after inking 4-year deal with BCBS Alabama
Montgomery, Ala.-based Jackson Hospital exited bankruptcy Sept. 14, its president and CEO John Quinlivan confirmed to Becker’s. The hospital’s emergence from bankruptcy comes about one month after it signed a four-year agreement with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama. The BCBS agreement was set to become active once the exit was complete. Jackson Hospital filed […] The post Hospital emerges from bankruptcy after inking 4-year deal with BCBS Alabama appeared first on Becker's Payer Issues | Pa...
Blue Cross Blue Shield plans · 36 signals · last 30 days -
Hospital to exit bankruptcy, inks 4-year deal with BCBS Alabama
Montgomery, Ala.-based Jackson Hospital has filed to exit bankruptcy and signed a four-year deal with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama, John Quinlivan, CEO of Jackson Hospital, said during an Aug. 17 news conference. The BCBS agreement will become active once the exit is complete. “The agreement does not give us everything we felt we […] The post Hospital to exit bankruptcy, inks 4-year deal with BCBS Alabama appeared first on Becker's Payer Issues | Payer News .
Blue Cross Blue Shield plans · 36 signals · last 30 days -
Jackson Hospital, Blue Cross Blue Shield reach deal to keep hospital open
A troubled Montgomery hospital and the state’s largest private health insurance company reached a four-year deal Monday to keep the hospital open after years of financial woes. The deal between Jackson Hospital and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama is contingent on the hospital emerging out of bankruptcy, said John Quinlivan, Jackson Hospital’s president […]
Blue Cross Blue Shield plans · 36 signals · last 30 days -
Alabamians to vote on four statewide constitutional amendments in November
The Alabama Fair Ballot Commission on Tuesday approved language to describe four statewide constitutional amendments that will be on the statewide ballot in November. The amendments, all approved by the Legislature this spring, range from methods to filling a vacancy in the lieutenant governor’s office to requiring schools to regularly play the National Anthem. The […]
Anthem AlabamaElevance Health · 16 signals · last 30 days