Nov 2, 2016 | DSH, News and Updates
October 27, 2016: At its October meeting, the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC) considered policies to improve targeting of Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) payments, with respect to both hospitals and states, but did not come to...
Oct 27, 2016 | Medicaid, News and Updates, Waivers
Oct. 24, 2016: CMS has approved Vermont’s Medicaid 1115 demonstration program, an important component of the state’s all-payer Accountable Care Organization (ACO) model. The initiative, which also has received funding from the CMS Center for Medicare and...
Oct 27, 2016 | Medicaid Managed Care, Medicaid Managed Page, News and Updates
Oct. 27, 2016: CMS has issued its Medicaid Managed Care Rate Development Guide for rating periods starting between January 1, 2017 and June 30, 2017. A number of critical provisions from the new regulations, including provisions related to special contract provisions...
Oct 26, 2016 | DSH, News and Updates
October 25, 2016: CMS issues notice announcing limit on the portion of federal dollars allocated to match state DSH hospital payments for the FY.
Oct 21, 2016 | Medicaid Managed Care, Medicaid Managed Page, News and Updates, Rulemaking
Oct. 19, 2016: CMS submitted to the Office of Management and Budget for review a proposed rule that would presumably limit the ability of states to create new or increased pass-through payments to providers in their Medicaid managed care programs. The agency...
