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 ReleaseMedicaid and CHIP T-MSIS Analytic Files Data Release
Given the primary role that Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) play in our nation’s health care system, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) has made significant investments in these programs’ information technology and data analytic infrastructure.
Newsroom Fact Sheet2019 Medicaid and CHIP (MAC) Scorecard
In June 2018, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released its first Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Scorecard to increase public transparency and accountability about the programs’ administration and outcomes.
Newsroom Fact SheetCMS Takes Historic Steps to Increase Public Access to Medicaid and CHIP Data
Release of Transformed Medicaid Statistical Information System (T-MSIS) data marks CMS’s continued commitment to promoting transparency and accountability in the Medicaid program through seamless data sharing
Newsroom Press ReleaseCMS Issues First Annual Update to the Medicaid and CHIP Program Scorecard
The Scorecard enables American taxpayers to see how Medicaid and CHIP programs improve beneficiaries’ lives, ensures efficient use of taxpayer dollars to strengthen program integrity and accountability.
Newsroom Press ReleaseCMS Administrator Seema Verma’s Speech to the National Association of Medicaid Directors in Washington, D.C
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Trump Administration Proposes Historic Steps to Strengthen Oversight and Fiscal Integrity of the Medicaid Program
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CMS announces new policy guidance for states to test community engagement for able-bodied adults
CMS today announced new guidance that will support state efforts to improve Medicaid enrollee health outcomes by incentivizing community engagement among able-bodied, working-age Medicaid beneficiaries.
Newsroom Press ReleaseCMS Proposes Regulation to Alleviate State Burden
Today, The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) that would provide state flexibility from certain regulatory access to care requirements within the Medicaid program. Specifically, the NPRM would exempt states from requirements to analyze certain data and monitor access when the vast majority of their covered lives receive services through managed care plans. CMS regulations separately provide for access requirements in managed care programs. Additionally, the NPRM would provide similar flexibility to all states when they make nominal rate reductions to fee-for-service payment rates.
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