This program is part two of Manatt’s New Federal Rules on Medicaid Access and Managed Care webinar series. After releasing sweeping proposed rules on Medicaid access and managed care in spring 2023, the Centers for...more
On January 12, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Contract Year 2023 Policy and Technical Changes to the Medicare Advantage and Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Programs proposed rule,...more
For those of you who know me, I like to have fun with my Zoom backgrounds – choosing photos of interesting scenery or changing them mid-call to reflect my mood or negotiating strategy. Sitting in front of my computer this...more
Editor's Note: This "Manatt on Medicaid" is the sixth in a series of updates focused on CMS's new Medicaid/CHIP managed care regulations. In the coming weeks, Manatt will continue to explore key provisions of the regulations...more
On April 25, 2016, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), released the Medicaid managed care final rule entitled, “Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Programs; Medicaid Managed Care, CHIP...more
In Depth - The final Medicaid managed care rule issued by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on April 25, 2016, (the Final Rule) establishes a new federal medical loss ratio (MLR) standard for Medicaid...more
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently issued a 1,425-page regulation (Rule) on managed care in Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), dubbed the first overhaul of these regulations...more
On April 25, 2016, CMS released a Final Rule that will update regulations governing Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (“CHIP”) managed care plans. This Final Rule is the first major update to the Medicaid and...more
As noted in a post published yesterday, CMS issued the final rule regarding Medicaid managed care earlier this week. With this rule, CMS is taking a much more active role in overseeing states’ Medicaid managed care...more
On September 25, 2015, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a proposed rule entitled “Medicare Program: Medicare Clinical Diagnostic Laboratory Tests Payment System”. This proposed rule would...more
On May 26, 2015, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to overhaul the regulations governing Medicaid managed care and make conforming changes to the rules that...more
States would have the option to create binding Medicaid MLR requirements modeled after existing commercial market MLR standards. This article is part of a series that takes an in-depth look at several proposals that...more
The proposals strive to balance increased federal government oversight and administration with continued recognition of, and flexibility for, state managed care programs. This is the first article in a series that takes...more
On June 1, 2015, the Department of Health and Human Services Center for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) published a proposed rule at 80 Fed. Reg. 31097 (Proposed Rule) that will fundamentally change state Medicaid...more
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released, on May 26, 2015, the a far-ranging proposal for revising the Medicaid managed care regulations (“Proposed Rule”). The number of individuals enrolled in Medicaid...more
In This Issue: - Top News ..Tavenner Wins Senate Confirmation to Head CMS ..US Charges 89 in Nationwide Medicare Fraud Crackdown - State News ..Vermont Becomes Fourth State to Allow Physician-Assisted...more
On February 15, 2013, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released for comment two key documents affecting the Medicare Advantage (MA) and Part D Programs: (1) the Advance Notice of Methodological Changes for...more