The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is responsible for implementing laws passed by Congress related to Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and the Basic Health Program. To implement these programs, CMS issues various forms of guidance to explain how laws will be implemented and what states and others need to do to comply. In addition to regulations, CMS issues sub-regulatory guidance to address policy issues as well as operational updates and technical clarifications of existing guidance.
Federal Policy Guidance
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Medicaid Family Planning Services and Supplies
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Topics:
- Affordable Care Act (ACA)
- Benefits
- Eligibility
Type: State Health Official Letter
Medicaid Benefits Available for the Prevention, Detection and Response to the Zika Virus
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Topics:
- Benefits
- Program Administration
Type: Informational Bulletin
Maternal Depression Screening and Treatment: A Critical Role for Medicaid in the Care of Mothers and Children
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Topics:
- Benefits
- Long-Term Services & Support
- Quality of Care
Type: Informational Bulletin
To Facilitate successful re-entry for individuals transitioning from incarceration to their communities (SHO 16-007)
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Topics:
- Affordable Care Act (ACA)
- Benefits
- Eligibility
Type: State Health Official Letter
Final Rule: Extension of Deadline for Access Monitoring Review Plan Submissions
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Topics:
- Affordable Care Act (ACA)
- Benefits
- Data & Systems
- Financing & Reimbursement
Type: Regulations
State Medicaid Payment Approaches to Improve Access to Long-Acting Reversible Contraception
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Topics:
- Benefits
- Children's Health Insurance Program
- Quality of Care
Type: Informational Bulletin
Final Rule: Application of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Disorder Parity Requirements to Medicaid Managed Care, CHIP, and Benchmark Coverage (CMS-2333-F)
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Topics:
- Affordable Care Act (ACA)
- Benefits
- Program Administration
Type: Regulations
Coverage of Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Services
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Topics:
- Benefits
Type: Informational Bulletin
Federal Funding for Services "Received Through" an IHS/Tribal Facility and Furnished to Medicaid-Eligible American Indians and Alaska Natives
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Topics:
- Benefits
- Financing & Reimbursement
- Tribal Issues
Type: State Health Official Letter
Final Notice: Basic Health Program Federal Funding Methodology for Program Year 2017 and 2018 (CMS-2396-FN)
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Topics:
- Affordable Care Act (ACA)
- Benefits
- Cost Sharing
- Eligibility
- Financing & Reimbursement
- Program Administration
- Basic Health Program
Type: Regulations