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The Centers for Medicare the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Sept. 18 finalized select provisions in its proposed rule to streamline Medicaid and Children鈥檚 Health Insurance Program enrollment.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services sent to each state letters regarding compliance with federal requirements related to automatic eligibility renewals, known as 鈥渆x parte鈥 renewals, under Medicaid and the Children鈥檚 Health Insurance Program.
In the 18 states that began unwinding the continuous coverage requirement for Medicaid and Children鈥檚 Health Insurance Program enrollees in April, 46% of enrollees with coverage up for renewal had their coverage renewed, 32% were terminated and redeterminations for the rest are pending, the Centers鈥
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has posted training slides that partners can use to educate communities about the need for Medicaid and Children鈥檚 Health Insurance Program enrollees to renew their coverage and how to find other coverage if they are no longer eligible.
AHA comments on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services鈥 (CMS) proposed policies related to access, finance and quality in Medicaid and Children鈥檚 Health Insurance Program (CHIP) managed care programs.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released guidance on an Inflation Reduction Act provision requiring state Medicaid and Children鈥檚 Health Insurance Programs to cover approved adult vaccines recommended by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices and their administration鈥
In a letter to governors, Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra encouraged states to use all available options (https://www.medicaid.gov/resources-for-states/downloads/state-strategies-to-prevent-procedural-terminations.pdf) to streamline Medicaid and Children鈥檚 Health Insurance鈥
A new Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services bulletin reviews the anticipated end dates for certain COVID-19-related Medicaid and Children鈥檚 Health Insurance coverage flexibilities.
The Government Accountability Office May 1 named six new members to the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission, which advises Congress on issues affecting Medicaid and the Children鈥檚 Health Insurance Program.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released a proposed rule that would extend Medicaid and Children鈥檚 Health Insurance Program coverage to qualified individuals in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program in states that cover legally residing immigrant children and pregnant鈥