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Messages from the Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services

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Alex Billioux, M.D., D.Phil., Director, Division of Population Health Incentives and Infrastructure, Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation, Deirdre S. Gifford, MD MPH, CMS Deputy Director for the Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services, Tim Hill, Deputy Director, CMCS, and Ellen-Marie Whelan, N.P., Ph.D., Chief Population Health Officer, Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services

In partnership with states and providers, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) plays a leading role in safeguarding the health of America’s future by providing coverage for more than one in three American children.

Andy Slavitt, CMS Acting Administrator

Earlier this year, I announced a new effort to connect new, innovative companies and their investors to the state Medicaid program IT space. Since this announcement, I have been encouraged by the initial interest from companies that may not have otherwise ever thought about participating in this...

Andy Slavitt, CMS Acting Administrator and Vikki Wachino, CMS Deputy Administrator and Director for the Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services

If you haven’t been paying close attention over the last several years, you may have missed some of the major changes that have taken place in the Medicaid program You may know that some 72 million Americans rely on Medicaid as their source of health insurance coverage this year – 14...

Andy Slavitt, CMS Acting Administrator

Over the last two plus years, more than 13.5 million new people gained the security of Medicaid or CHIP coverage, solidifying its role as the foundation of the nation’s health system providing insurance to almost 72 million people nationally. At the same time that we at CMS are focused on...

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