CMS Announces Approval of Groundbreaking Demonstration to Expand Access to Behavioral Health Treatment
District of Columbia first to access federal matching funds for critical tools to address both opioid crisis and serious mental illness
Newsroom Press ReleaseCMS Approves Washington State Plan Amendment Proposal to Allow Supplemental Rebates involving a “Subscription” Model for Prescription Drug Payment in Medicaid
Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) approved the fourth Medicaid state plan amendment proposal to negotiate supplemental rebate agreements involving value-based purchasing arrangements with drug manufacturers that allows states to link payment for prescription drugs to the value delivered.
Newsroom Press ReleaseSpeech: Remarks by CMS Administrator Seema Verma at the Medicare Advantage and Prescription Drug Plan Spring Conference
Welcome to CMS and thanks for joining us today, as we look ahead to 2019 for the Medicare Advantage and Part D programs. It’s a pleasure to be here with you and to provide an update on all that we have been doing to strengthen and improve these important programs for our nation’s seniors and the disabled.
Newsroom Fact SheetCMS Announces Extension for States under Medicaid Home and Community-Based Settings Criteria
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CMS Announces $32 Million to Help Get Eligible Children Enrolled in Health Coverage
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Medicare Care Choices Model awards
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is conducting the Medicare Care Choices Model (MCCM) to provide beneficiaries, and their caregivers and providers, with greater flexibility when facing a life-limiting illness. MCCM provides Medicare beneficiaries who qualify for the Medicare hospice benefit, (and dually eligible beneficiaries who may qualify for the Medicaid hospice benefit in their state), the option to receive supportive care services typically furnished under the Medicare hospice benefit, while continuing to receive care from other Medicare providers for their terminal condition.
Newsroom Fact SheetLower Costs, Better Care: Reforming Our Health Care Delivery System
Fixing America’s health care system doesn’t stop with guaranteeing that everyone has coverage.
Newsroom Fact SheetOBAMA ADMINISTRATION AND TEXT4BABY JOIN FORCES TO CONNECT PREGNANT WOMEN AND CHILDREN TO HEALTH COVERAGE AND INFORMATION
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced today that it will partner with Text4Baby, a free national health texting service, to promote enrollment in both Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and provide pregnant women and new mothers free text messages on important health care issues.
Newsroom Press ReleaseCMS SURVEY SHOWS HIGH SATISFACTION RATES FOR MEDICAID AND CHIP
Parents of children with Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) coverage are showing high satisfaction with their access to doctors and the quality of health care, according to a survey announced today by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
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