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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Opportunity to Comment: Proposed Rule to implement cost allocation of home health agency (HHA) survey expenses
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Topics:
- CHIPRA
- Financing & Reimbursement
- Medicaid-Medicare Issues
- Program Administration
Type: Informational Bulletin
Funding Opportunity: Support for Demonstration Ombudsman Programs Serving Medicare-Medicaid Enrollees
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Topics:
- Benefits
- Cost Sharing
- Financing & Reimbursement
- Medicaid-Medicare Issues
Type: Informational Bulletin
Payment of Medicare Cost Sharing for Qualified Medicare Beneficiaries (QMBs)
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Topics:
- Cost Sharing
- Financing & Reimbursement
- Medicaid-Medicare Issues
- Program Administration
Type: Informational Bulletin
Final Rule to Align Certain Provider Qualifications Between Medicaid and Medicare (CMS-9070-F)
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Topics:
- Medicaid-Medicare Issues
Type: Regulations
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Updated Information on ICD-10 Compliance
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Topics:
- Medicaid-Medicare Issues
Type: Informational Bulletin
Medicaid Program; Disproportionate Share Hospital Payments-Uninsured Definition
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Topics:
- Medicaid-Medicare Issues
Type: Regulations
Annual Report on the Quality of Care for Children in Medicaid and CHIP; Innovation Advisors Program for Delivery System Reform; Medicare Accountable Care Organization final rules
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Topics:
- Medicaid-Medicare Issues
Type: Informational Bulletin
Medicare and Medicaid Programs; The American Association for Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgery Facilities for Approval of Deeming Authority for Rural Health Clinics(CMS-2901-PN)
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Topics:
- Medicaid-Medicare Issues
Type: Regulations
Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Approval of the Joint Commission's Continued Deeming Authority for Critical Access Hospitals (CMS-2375-FN)
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Topics:
- Medicaid-Medicare Issues
Type: Regulations
Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Application by the Joint Commission for Continued Deeming Authority for Critical Access Hospitals (CMS-2375-PN)
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Topics:
- Medicaid-Medicare Issues
Type: Regulations