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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Periodic Inspections of Care Requirement for ICF/MRs and Mental Hospitals Eliminated
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- Managed Care
Type: State Medicaid Director Letter
Public Charge
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- Children's Health Insurance Program
- Eligibility
- Long-Term Services & Support
- Program Administration
Type: State Medicaid Director Letter
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Electronic Submission of Claims Data and Medicaid Statistical Information System (MSIS)
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Topics:
- Data & Systems
Type: State Medicaid Director Letter
Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) Allotments Methodology
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Topics:
- Financing & Reimbursement
Type: State Medicaid Director Letter
Payment Rate and Payment Methodology Public Process
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Topics:
- Financing & Reimbursement
Type: State Medicaid Director Letter
Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Technical Implementation
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Topics:
- Children's Health Insurance Program
Type: State Medicaid Director Letter
Medicaid Eligibility Immigrants
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Topics:
- Eligibility
Type: State Medicaid Director Letter
Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) State Plan Process
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Topics:
- Children's Health Insurance Program
Type: State Medicaid Director Letter
Eligibility for Working Individuals with Disabilities
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Topics:
- Eligibility
Type: State Medicaid Director Letter
Medicare Cost-Sharing for Qualified Medicare Beneficiaries
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Topics:
- Medicaid-Medicare Issues
Type: State Medicaid Director Letter