CMS give states more time to update Medicaid access monitoring plans
Due to the COVID-19 public health emergency, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services yesterday extended by two years the deadline for states to submit updated plans to monitor access to care for Medicaid beneficiaries. The original deadline was Oct. 1, 2022. Under a 2015 final rule, states must update at least every three years their plans to review access to five “core services”: primary care, physician specialists, behavioral health, pre- and post-natal obstetrics (including labor and delivery), and home health services. CMS also encouraged all stakeholders to participate in its recent request for information on barriers to accessing Medicaid and CHIP coverage and services; comments are due April 18.
Related News Articles
Headline
A new AHA blog examines a Department of Health and Human Services issue brief that claims Medicaid hospital provider taxes increase employer-sponsored…
Blog
A recent issue brief from the Department of Health and Human Services asserts that Medicaid hospital provider taxes raise employer-sponsored insurance premiums…
Headline
The U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts yesterday ruled in favor of 25 states and the District of Columbia to vacate the Centers for Medicare…
Headline
Extending Medicaid coverage by 12 months following childbirth increased use of postpartum care among mothers with pregnancy complications such as diabetes and…
Headline
The Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights released new guidance on statutory and regulatory requirements under 42 CFR Part 2, which…
Headline
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Sept. 25 announced the launch of a new initiative measuring quality in Medicaid and the Children’s Health…