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New & Notable Resource Center

Welcome to the New & Notable Resource Center to find most recent Medicaid and CHIP announcements. The latest information appears first. You may to search by keyword(s) in the title and attached files.
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CMS releases the 2020 Medicaid MAGI and CHIP Application Processing Time Report for February-April 2020
CMS releases the FFY 2019 Annual Medicaid Fee-For-Service (FFS) National and Individual State Drug Utilization Review (DUR) Reports and the Annual Managed Care Organization (MCO) National DUR Aggregate Report
CIB: Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Renewal Requirements ( PDF 324.61 KB )
CMS released the “Best Practices for Designing and Implementing Substance Use Disorder (SUD)-Focused Health Homes” Report ( PDF 362.66 KB )
CMS publishes Coverage and Reimbursement of COVID-19 Vaccines, Vaccine Administration and Cost-Sharing under Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program, and Basic Health Program Toolkit ( PDF 731.02 KB )
CMS publishes CMS-9912 Interim Final Rule with Comment Factsheet on Updated Policy for Maintaining Medicaid Enrollment during the Public Health Emergency for COVID-19 Fact Sheet ( PDF 177.03 KB )
Trump Administration Acts to Ensure Coverage of Life-Saving COVID-19 Vaccines & Therapeutics
CMS releases preliminary 2019 Transformed Medicaid Statistical Information System data
Updated 12/17/20: Coverage and Reimbursement of COVID-19 Vaccines, Vaccine Administration and Cost-Sharing under Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program, and Basic Health Program Toolkit
CMS Extends the Comment Period for the Recommended Measure Set for Medicaid-Funded Home and Community-Based Services Request for Information to November 18, 2020