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Messages from the Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services

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Pitching Medicaid IT in Silicon Valley

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...

Medicaid Moving Forward

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...

Encouraging Investment in Medicaid Information Technology

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...

Medicaid and Foster Care - Idaho and Georgia Help Youth Stay Connected

Donna Cohen Ross, Senior Policy Advisor/Director of Enrollment Initiatives

They say connections are everything - but sometimes it’s the re-connections that can really make the difference. Just ask Ricky Lewis and Falen LeBlanc. As an Independent Living Coordinator with the Idaho Department of Family and Children’s Services, Falen was acting on a new provision...

Maryland: Smoking Stops at the Quitline - With Help from Medicaid

Donna Cohen Ross, Senior Policy Advisor/Director of Enrollment Initiatives

Smoking Stops Here! This message is the driving force behind the work of the Maryland Tobacco Quitline, 1-800-QUIT-NOW, which is administered by the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene’s Center for Tobacco Prevention and Control (CTPC). The Quitline offers free, confidential...

Washington State Puts Out the Welcome Mat

Donna Cohen Ross, Senior Policy Advisor/Director of Enrollment Initiatives

All the news about the availability of health insurance is stirring up tremendous excitement for people who, for the first time, will be able to get Medicaid coverage and the health benefits they need. But it’s also creating a buzz that’s reaching families and individuals who have been...

States Fast Track Medicaid Enrollment

Donna Cohen Ross, Senior Policy Advisor/Director of Enrollment Initiatives

A handful of states – Arkansas, Illinois, Oregon and West Virginia – are among the first to pick up a powerful new tool for facilitating Medicaid enrollment. The new strategy, known as “administrative transfers,” (called “Fast Track” by the Oregon Health...

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