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The following 2020 CMCS All State Calls are arranged by most recent. Featured presentation topics for each call are listed. Each call also includes open Q and A. 

December 17, 2020

  • State discussion on alternate care sites

December 15, 2020

  • Continuous enrollment provision of the Interim Final Rule
  • Vaccines

December 8, 2020

  • Medicaid and CHIP Renewals and Redeterminations

December 1, 2020

  • Strategy to provide patient care outside of a traditional hospital setting

November 24, 2020

  • Vaccine toolkit 
  • Continuous enrollment provisions of the Interim Final Rule.

November 17, 2020

  • Medicaid and CHIP Managed Care Final Rule CMS-2408-F

November 5, 2020

  • Coverage and Reimbursement of COVID-19 Vaccines, Vaccine Administration and Cost Sharing under Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program, and Basic Health Program

October 29, 2020

  • COVID-19 Vaccine Coverage for Medicaid CHIP, and Basic Health Program Beneficiaries
  • Temporary Increase in Federal Medicaid Funding

October 20, 2020

  • Two telehealth releases
  • Update on school-based services

October 6, 2020

  • Provider Relief Fund and Medicaid and CHIP enrollment trends

September 29, 2020

  • T-MSIS data is being used to analyze the impact of COVID-19 on service utilization.

September 15, 2020

  • Strategies for nursing home reimbursement during the COVID-19 PHE

September 1, 2020

  • Community Health Access and Rural Transformation Model

August 25, 2020

  • Plans to resume MEQC and PERM's and Informational Bulletin 

August 18, 2020

  • How COVID-19 is affecting the American Indian and Alaska Native populations

August 11, 2020

  • Lessons from the Field Series, Reimbursement Opportunities

August 4, 2020

  • Provider Relief Fund, TMSIS Coding, Funding opportunity related to Sickle Cell disease.

July 28, 2020

  • Provider Relief Fund

July 21, 2020

  • How Pennsylvania is implementing retainer payments

July 14, 2020

  • FAQS, Appendix K , FMAP

June 30, 2020

  • Key Dates for Termination of COVID-19 Flexibilities
  • Retaining Temporary Authorities Elected in 1915 (c) Appendix 
  • Discussion / Q&A on Retaining Temporary Authorities Elected in 1915 (c) Appendix K 
  • Overview of Batch 5 FAQs
  • Discussion of Batch 5 FAQs and General Q&A

June 23, 2020

  • Retaining CHIP State Plan Flexibilities Adopted During the Public Health Emergency After the Emergency Ends
  • Discussion / Questions and Answers on CHIP SPA Flexibilities
  • Value Based Purchasing / Drug Utilization Review NPRM
  • Questions and Answers on NPRM

June 16, 2020

  • Key Dates for Termination of COVID-19 Flexibilities
  • Retaining Medicaid State Plan Flexibilities Adopted During the Public Health Emergency After the Emergency Ends
  • Discussion / Questions and Answers on Medicaid SPA Flexibilities
  • General Q&A

June 9, 2020

  • State scope of practice laws related to COVID-19 testing
  • Operationalize the optional COVID testing group
  • Provider Relief Fund

June 2, 2020

  • HRSA PRF Uninsured Program

May 19, 2020

  • Managed care payment methodologies

May 12, 2020

  • Lessons from the Field

May 8, 2020

  • Connect to Care Jobs, Provider Relief Fund 

May 5, 2020

  • FAQS

May 1, 2020

  • Data reporting analytics

April 28, 2020

  • Lessons Learned, Remote Work

April 24, 2020

  • Lessons Learned and Appendix K development and submission

April 21, 2020

  • Steps to reopen the healthcare system and areas of low incidents of COVID-19.

April 17, 2020

  • Lesson Learned from the States

April 14, 2020

  • Lessons Learned from the States

April 10, 2020

  • Medicaid managed care rates and flexibilities.

April 7, 2020

  • FAQs

April 3, 2020

  • Medicare blanket waivers

March 31, 2020

  • Discussion with Seema Verma

March 27, 2020

  • COVID eligibility in managed care

March 24, 2020

  • Medicaid COVID checklist and tools, overview of the Medicaid and CHIP provisions of the Family First COVID Response Act

March 20, 2020

  • State benefits flexibilities including tele-health and pharmacy

March 17, 2020

  • 1115 waiver process, the HCBS waiver, the Appendix K, Telework and Telehealth