New Rule Seeks to Improve Transparency of State Medicaid Provider Payment Rates

CMS recently finalized two key regulations: “Ensuring Access to Medicaid Services” (Access Rule) and “Medicaid, CHIP Managed Care Access, Finance, and Quality” (Managed Care Rule), aimed at improving access to care in Medicaid across delivery systems and authorities. This blog post reviews the new provisions related to documentation of access to care and service payment rates from the Access Rule.