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Expanding Access to Care Through CMS 1115...

PCG provides third party administration services, technical assistance, and implementation support in California, the first state in the nation to...
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Public Consulting Group Joins ASTHO Public-Private Advisory...

The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) has launched an Innovation Advisory Council (IAC), a multisector forum designed to...
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Maximizing Impact: Implementing CMS 1115 Reentry Waivers

In the new white paper, “Maximizing Impact: Implementing CMS 1115 Reentry Waivers”, PCG’s Julia Kessler, Katie Thomas...
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Transforming Foster Care: Reducing Reliance on Congregate...

The recent brief, “Transforming Foster Care: Reducing Reliance on Congregate Care for Better Outcomes”, authored by...
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Insights into the Medicaid and CHIP Managed...

The long awaited Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Managed Care Access, Finance, and Quality Final Rule (Final Rule) was released...
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CMS Finalizes Exchange Guidance for 2025

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized its annual proposed guidance for Exchanges and Qualified Health Plans (QHPs) in two separate...
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Status Update: Medicaid 1115 Re-Entry Demonstration Waivers

In January 2023, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services approved California’s Medicaid 1115 Re-Entry Demonstration Waiver, the first waiver...
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Congress and States Advance Efforts to Provide...

As we continue our Focus on Caregiving Series, we turn our focus to financial support for family caregivers. The Credit for Caring Act (H.R. 3321) aims to provide financial...
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CMS Releases Proposed Exchange Guidance for 2025

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released its annual proposed guidance for Exchanges and Qualified Health Plans (QHPs) this month...
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“PCG’s systems integration (SI) services feature a collection of integrated processes, tools, and strategies to support states in reducing their systems implementation risks. In addition, our seasoned systems integration professionals collaborate closely with our client leaders to achieve more effective and efficient business; provide human and systematic processes by analyzing and assessing service needs; evaluate and design programs, services…”

Gwyn Jackson

Vice President, Technology Consulting

Public Consulting Group

“Creating educational equity means each child has the opportunity for improved academic achievement, leading to improved future opportunities for career, income, housing, health, and quality of life. With educational equity, each community is better positioned to have more educated members, leading to improved future opportunities, such as a thriving and self-sufficient community…”

Dr. Cassadre Davis, Ed.D.

Senior Consultant, Education

Public Consulting Group

“Since PCG was awarded a U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) to become an approved federal contractor in 2020, we have been building and expanding our footprint in the federal space—through GSA and non-GSA opportunities—as a prime vendor and subcontractor…”

Kaitlyn Crone, MBA

Senior Consultant, Federal Marketplace

Public Consulting Group

“The perpetual evolution of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS’) approaches to enhanced federal financial participation (FFP) is complex. Similarly, the effective application of CMS’ Medicaid Information Technology Architecture (MITA) brings additional value to states in navigating both business-to-information technology (IT) alignment as well as architecture and transformation.”

Kris Marshall

Director, Technology Consulting

Public Consulting Group

“Our deep Medicaid experience and focus on supporting our state partners gives us the perspective to support states through the process of not only developing the custom questions, but working with the tool owner/vendor to implement those changes.”

Jay Peck

Associate Manager, Health

Public Consulting Group