Messages from the Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services
Recent Releases and Announcements Office of Minority Health Roadmap to Behavioral Health! The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Office of Minority Health (CMS OMH) in partnership with Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) released The Roadmap to Behavioral...
Recent Releases and Announcements SMDL: Strategies to Address the Opioid Epidemic As part of the Department-wide effort to combat the ongoing opioid crisis, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is providing additional flexibilities to help states improve access to and quality of...
Recent Releases and Announcements Annual Reassignments for Certain Low-Income Subsidy Eligible Individuals Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released an informational bulletin to provide an update on the next steps in the processes reassignments for certain low-income...
Recent Releases and Announcements FAQs: Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Parity Final Rule for Medicaid and CHIP Today the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a new set of frequently asked questions (FAQs) on the Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Parity Rule...
Medicaid Innovation Accelerator Program (IAP) Register Now: Medicaid Value-Based Payment Approaches and Key Design Considerations National Learning Webinar (October 5, 2017) To assist Medicaid and CHIP agencies, CMS’s Medicaid Innovation Accelerator Program (IAP) will host a state...
Recent Releases and Announcements CMS Reveals New Medicare Card Design Last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) gave the public its first look at the newly designed Medicare card. The new Medicare card contains a unique, randomly-assigned number that replaces the current...
Recent Releases and Announcements Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA) Template for the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has updated the CHIP State Plan template to facilitate state efforts in submission of a...
SMDL: Implications of the ABLE Act for State Medicaid Programs The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is providing guidance to states on how to treat “ABLE” accounts in Medicaid financial eligibility determinations. The Stephen Beck, Jr., Achieving a Better Life...
Recent Releases and Announcements Check it Out! Updated Measures Management System Website The Measures Management System website is now live. The site has been reorganized into the following categories: Measure System Overview : an introduction to the Measures Management System, a discussion of...
Last week, as part of our continuing commitment to greater data transparency, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) unveiled the Hospice Compare website. The site displays information in a ready-to-use format and provides a snapshot of the quality of care each hospice facility offers to its patients.