CMS Proposes Significant Medicaid Policy Changes for Access Monitoring, Managed Care, and HCBS

On Thursday, April 27, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released two highly anticipated proposed rules. Together, these would reshape the federal regulatory landscape for Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), particularly with respect to standards for ensuring access to care, transparency and oversight of provider payment rates, engagement of people enrolled in Medicaid, quality measurement, and program accountability.rule. This blog examines how these rules could reshape the federal regulatory landscape for Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program.