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ACCELERATING HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND QUALITY: Four Strategies Medicaid Organizations Should Consider
Expertise: Delivery System Reform and Implementation
Updated Medicaid Information Technology Systems Guidance: Streamlined Modular Certification for Medicaid Enterprise Systems (SMD #22-001)
On April 14, CMS released a State Medicaid Director Letter (SMD #22-001) providing updated Medicaid Information Technology (IT) guidance and…
CMS Medicaid Access RFI: March 1, 2022 Stakeholder Call
On February 17, CMS issued a Request for Information (RFI) to seek feedback on ways to improve access and inform their…
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Goals for 2022: Summary of the January 18 Stakeholder Meeting
CMS held a stakeholder meeting on January 18, 2022, to outline the agency’s priorities for the future. Members of the…
Build Back Better Act (BBBA) Summary Analysis
On November 19, 2021, the House passed the Build Back Better Act (BBBA). The bill will now move to the…
Summary of CMS Managed Care Final Rule (CMS-2408-F)
On November 13, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published the Medicaid Program; Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance…
CMS Withdraws Medicaid Fiscal Accountability Rule
On September 14, 2020, CMS Administrator Seema Verma announced that CMS will withdraw its proposed Medical Fiscal Accountability Rule (MFAR),…
Provisions in the CMS 2018 Update on IMDs and Treatment for SUDs
When CMS proposed revising its Medicaid managed care regulations in November 2018, the new guidelines outlined an overall desire to…
CMS’ 2018 Medicaid Managed Care Updates: State-Directed Payments, Pass-Throughs, and Rate Ranges
On November 14, 2018, CMS proposed a new rule that seeks to improve the rules promulgated in 2016. The 2016…