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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Freedom of Choice of Providers; Exchange / Medicaid Information Technology, CHIPRA Quality Measures
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Topics:
- Affordable Care Act (ACA)
Type: Informational Bulletin
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Termination of Provider Participation under Medicaid if Terminated under Medicare
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Topics:
- Affordable Care Act (ACA)
Type: Informational Bulletin
Access on Covered Medicaid Services NPRM, Health Information Exchange, Concurrent Hospice Care for Children draft preprint
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Topics:
- Affordable Care Act (ACA)
Type: Informational Bulletin
Health Information Exchange-Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Programs 11-004
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- Data & Systems
Type: State Medicaid Director Letter
Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Application by the Joint Commission for Continued Deeming Authority for Critical Access Hospitals (CMS-2375-PN)
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- Medicaid-Medicare Issues
Type: Regulations
Access to Medicare Data to Coordinate Care for Dual Eligibles
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- Data & Systems
Type: Informational Bulletin
Medicaid Program; Methods for Assuring Access to Covered Medicaid Services (CMS-2328-P)
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- Financing & Reimbursement
Type: Regulations
National Correct Coding Initiative; Translation & Interpretation Services; National Background Check Program for Patient Protection Solicitation, Oral Health Strategy
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Topics:
- Affordable Care Act (ACA)
Type: Informational Bulletin
Announcement of the Re-Approval of the American Society of Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics (ASHI) as an Accreditation Organization Under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CMS-2372-N)
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- Survey & Certification
Type: Regulations
Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Approval of the American Association for Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgery Facilities, Inc. for Deeming Authority for Organizations That Provide Outpatient Physical Therapy and Speech-Language Pathology Services (CMS-2332-FN)
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Topics:
- Medicaid-Medicare Issues
Type: Regulations