The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is responsible for implementing laws passed by Congress related to Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and the Basic Health Program. To implement these programs, CMS issues various forms of guidance to explain how laws will be implemented and what states and others need to do to comply. In addition to regulations, CMS issues sub-regulatory guidance to address policy issues as well as operational updates and technical clarifications of existing guidance.
Federal Policy Guidance
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Updates to the Child and Adult Core Health Care Quality Measurement Set
Date:
Topics:
- Children's Health Insurance Program
- CHIPRA
- Program Administration
- Quality of Care
Type: Informational Bulletin
Streamlining the Medicaid, Children’s Health Insurance Program, and Basic Health Program Application, Eligibility Determination, Enrollment, and Renewal Processes (CMS-2421-P)
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Topics:
- Children's Health Insurance Program
- Eligibility
- Medicaid-Medicare Issues
- Program Administration
- Basic Health Program
Type: Regulations
Leveraging Medicaid, CHIP and Other Federal Programs in the Delivery of Behavioral Health Services for Children and Youth
Date:
Topics:
- Benefits
- Children's Health Insurance Program
- Financing & Reimbursement
- Long-Term Services & Support
- Managed Care
- COVID-19
Type: Informational Bulletin
Medicaid and CHIP Managed Care Monitoring and Oversight Tools #2
Date:
Topics:
- Children's Health Insurance Program
- Managed Care
- Program Integrity
- Quality of Care
- Delivery System
Type: Informational Bulletin
Medicaid and CHIP Coverage of Stand-alone Vaccine Counseling
Date:
Topics:
- Benefits
- Children's Health Insurance Program
- COVID-19
Type: State Health Official Letter
Updated Medicaid Information Technology Systems Guidance: Streamlined Modular
Certification for Medicaid Enterprise Systems
Certification for Medicaid Enterprise Systems
Date:
Topics:
- Data & Systems
Type: State Medicaid Director Letter
Promoting Continuity of Coverage and Distributing Eligibility and Enrollment Workload in Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and Basic Health Program (BHP) Upon Conclusion of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency
Date:
Topics:
- Program Administration
- Benefits
- Children's Health Insurance Program
- Eligibility
- Financing & Reimbursement
- Long-Term Services & Support
- Basic Health Program
- COVID-19
- Unwinding
Type: State Health Official Letter
2022 Federal Poverty Level Standards
Date:
Topics:
- Children's Health Insurance Program
- Eligibility
- Medicaid-Medicare Issues
- Program Administration
Type: Informational Bulletin
2022 Updates to the Child and Adult Core Health Care Quality Measurement Sets
Date:
Topics:
- Children's Health Insurance Program
- CHIPRA
- Program Administration
- Quality of Care
Type: Informational Bulletin
Improving Maternal Health and Extending Postpartum Coverage in Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP)
Date:
Topics:
- Benefits
- Children's Health Insurance Program
- Program Administration
- COVID-19
Type: State Health Official Letter