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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Strategies to Improve Delivery of Tobacco Cessation Services
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Topics:
- Tobacco
- Children's Health Insurance Program
Type: Informational Bulletin
Mandatory Medicaid and CHIP Coverage of COVID-19-Related Treatment under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021
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Topics:
- Benefits
- Cost Sharing
- Financing & Reimbursement
- Prescribed Drugs
- COVID-19
Type: State Health Official Letter
Announcement of the Re-Approval of the American Society of Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics (ASHI) as an Accreditation Organization Under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CMS-2372-N)
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Topics:
- Survey & Certification
Type: Regulations
National Correct Coding Initiative: Appeals 11-003
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Topics:
- Survey & Certification
Type: State Medicaid Director Letter
National Correct Coding Initiative
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Topics:
- Affordable Care Act (ACA)
- Survey & Certification
Type: State Medicaid Director Letter
Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) Implementation
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Topics:
- Survey & Certification
Type: State Medicaid Director Letter