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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Medicaid Program; Disproportionate Share Hospital Payments-Uninsured Definition
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- Medicaid-Medicare Issues
Type: Regulations
Billing for Services Provided to Qualified Medicare Beneficiaries (QMBs)
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- Benefits
Type: Informational Bulletin
Tri- Agency Letter on Appropriate Use of Psychotropic Medications Among Children in Foster Care
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- Benefits
Type: State Medicaid Director Letter
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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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- 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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- 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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- Medicaid-Medicare Issues
Type: Regulations
Medicaid Program; Face-to-Face Requirements for Home Health Services; Policy Changes and Clarifications Related to Home Health (CMS-2348-P)
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- Benefits
Type: Regulations
Tobacco Cessation Services; Annual Re-determination of Medicare Part D Low-Income Subsidy
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- Benefits
Type: Informational Bulletin
Provider Preventable Conditions Final Rule; HIV Coverage; Same Sex Partners and Medicaid Liens, Transfer of Assets, Estate Recovery; Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan; Electronic Health Record (HER) Incentive Program, tribal clinics, FQHCs
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- Benefits
Type: Informational Bulletin
Coverage and Service Design Opportunities for Individuals Living with HIV 11-005
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- Benefits
Type: State Medicaid Director Letter