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 Strategies for Non-Opioid Chronic Pain Management
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Topics:
- Benefits
- Long-Term Services & Support
- Managed Care
Type: Informational Bulletin
Final and Preliminary Allotments for Disproportionate Share Hospitals and Texas PETI Compliance Action
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Topics:
- Affordable Care Act (ACA)
- Financing & Reimbursement
Type: Regulations
Final FY 2017 and Preliminary FY 2019 Disproportionate Share Hospital Allotments, and Final FY 2017 and Preliminary FY 2019 Institutions for Mental Diseases Disproportionate Share Hospital Limits
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Topics:
- Affordable Care Act (ACA)
- Financing & Reimbursement
Type: Regulations
Nursing Facility Case-Mix Payment Changes
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Topics:
- Affordable Care Act (ACA)
- Financing & Reimbursement
Type: Informational Bulletin
Opportunities to Design Innovative Service Delivery Systems for Adults with a Serious Mental Illness or Children with a Serious Emotional Disturbance
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Topics:
- Affordable Care Act (ACA)
- Benefits
- Managed Care
Type: State Medicaid Director Letter
Strong Start for Mothers and Newborns initiative (Strong Start)
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Topics:
- Affordable Care Act (ACA)
- Benefits
- Children's Health Insurance Program
- Delivery System
- Financing & Reimbursement
- Quality of Care
Type: Informational Bulletin
NPRM: Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Managed Care (CMS-2408-P)
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Topics:
- Benefits
- Children's Health Insurance Program
- Delivery System
- Managed Care
- Quality of Care
Type: Regulations
Key Provisions of Legislation Extending Federal Funding for CHIP
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Topics:
- Children's Health Insurance Program
- Financing & Reimbursement
Type: State Health Official Letter
Office of Management and Budget Circular A-87
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Topics:
- Financing & Reimbursement
- Program Administration
Type: Frequently Asked Questions
Transformed-Medicaid Statistical Information System (T-MSIS)
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Topics:
- Data & Systems
- Managed Care
- Program Administration
- Program Integrity
Type: State Health Official Letter