Messages from the Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services
Last week the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) updated the Open Payments dataset to reflect changes to the data that took place since the last publication on June 30, 2017. The updated dataset is now available for viewing.
Recent Releases and Announcements 1115 Community Engagement Initiative Last week the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a new policy designed to assist states in their efforts to improve Medicaid enrollee health and well-being through incentivizing community engagement...
Recent Releases and Announcements We want to hear from you: Medicaid.gov Partner Workgroup The CMCS Medicaid.gov team invites you to participate in an ongoing forum for states and other partners to provide feedback on key changes, updates, and content and functionality enhancements to Medicaid.gov....
Recent Releases and Announcements Information for National Health Information for EMS Workgroup The California Medical Emergency Medical Services Authority (EMSA) and the National Association of State EMS Officials (NASEMSO) are launching the National Health Information for EMS Workgroup. This...
Upcoming Calls and Webinars New Section 1115 Policy on Strategies to Address Opioid and Other Substance Use Disorders On this call, CMCS staff will discuss the new section 1115 demonstration policy announced in a recent State Medicaid Director letter regarding strategies to address the opioid...
Recent Releases and Announcements 2018 Resource and Cost-Sharing Limits for Low-Income Subsidy (LIS) Many states have inquired about Medicare Savings Program (MSP) income and resource standards for 2018. MSP income standards are adjusted based on changes to the Federal Poverty Level (FPL),...
Recent Releases and Announcements Money Follows the Person Rebalancing Demonstration Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services published the Money Follows the Person (MFP) Rebalancing Demonstration Report to the President and Congress. The MFP Rebalancing Demonstration program was...
Upcoming Calls and Webinars Today! CMS Innovation Center Medicare Quality Payment Program Year 2 Final Rule - All-Payer Combination Option Webinar On Wednesday, November 29th at 3:00 p.m. ET, the CMS Innovation Center will host an overview webinar on the Medicare Quality Payment Program Year 2...
Recent Releases and Announcements Medicaid & CHIP September 2017 Application, Eligibility, and Enrollment Data Today the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the September 2017 monthly report on state Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) eligibility...
QMB Remittance Advice Issue CMS is alerting you to an issue where states and other payers secondary to Medicare aren’t able to process some claims directly billed by providers due to patient responsibility deductible and coinsurance amounts on the Medicare Remittance Advice (RA) showing zero....