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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Ensuring Seamless Coverage Transitions between Medicaid, Separate CHIP, and Other Insurance Affordability Programs and Exercise of Enforcement Discretion to Delay Implementation of Certain Coverage Transition Requirements
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Topics:
- Access to Care
- Children's Health Insurance Program
- Compliance
- Coverage
- Eligibility
- Enrollment
- Program Administration
- Renewals
- Unwinding
- COVID-19
Type: Informational Bulletin
Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program Requirements for Providing, Prepopulating and Accepting Eligibility Renewal Forms
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Topics:
- Access to Care
- Children's Health Insurance Program
- Coverage
- Eligibility
- Enrollment
- Program Administration
- Renewals
- Unwinding
Type: Informational Bulletin
Basic Health Program; Federal Funding Methodology for Program Year 2025
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Topics:
- Affordable Care Act (ACA)
- Cost Sharing
- Benefits
- Financing & Reimbursement
- Program Administration
- Eligibility
- Basic Health Program
Type: Informational Bulletin
Informational Bulletin on Opportunities for Improving Access to Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Services for Medicaid and CHIP Enrollees Experiencing Homelessness
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Topics:
- Access to Care
- Health Related Social Needs
- Homelessness
- Mental Health
- Outreach & Enrollment
- Substance Use Disorders
Type: Informational Bulletin
Medicaid Program; Streamlining the Medicaid, Children’s Health Insurance Program, and Basic Health Program Application, Eligibility Determination, Enrollment, and Renewal Processes (CMS-2421-F2)
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Topics:
- Children's Health Insurance Program
- Eligibility
- Medicaid-Medicare Issues
- Program Administration
- Basic Health Program
Type: Regulations
Basic Health Program; Federal Funding Methodology for Program Year 2024
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Topics:
- Affordable Care Act (ACA)
- Cost Sharing
- Benefits
- Financing & Reimbursement
- Program Administration
- Eligibility
- Basic Health Program
Type: Informational Bulletin
Medicaid Continuous Enrollment Condition Changes, Conditions for Receiving the FFCRA Temporary FMAP Increase, Reporting Requirements, and Enforcement Provisions in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023
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Topics:
- COVID-19
- Unwinding
- Enrollment
- Program Administration
Type: State Health Official Letter
Basic Health Program: Federal Funding Methodology for Program Year 2023 Final Rule
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Topics:
- Affordable Care Act (ACA)
- Cost Sharing
- Benefits
- Financing & Reimbursement
- Program Administration
- Eligibility
- Basic Health Program
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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
Basic Health Program: Proposed Federal Funding Methodology for Program Year 2023 and Proposed Changes to Basic Health Program Regulations
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Topics:
- Affordable Care Act (ACA)
- Cost Sharing
- Benefits
- Financing & Reimbursement
- Program Administration
- Eligibility
- Basic Health Program
Type: Regulations