Access Standards
CMS Final Rules 2024: Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Managed Care Access, Finance, and Quality (CMS-2439-F), Ensuring Access to Medicaid Services (CMS-2442-F), and Minimum Staffing Standards for Long-Term Care (LTC) Facilities and Medicaid Institutional Payment Transparency Reporting Rule (CMS-3442-F)

Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH)

January 2019

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published final rules titled: Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Managed Care Access, Finance, and Quality (CMS-2439-F), Ensuring Access to Medicaid Services (CMS-2442-F), and Minimum Staffing Standards for Long-Term Care (LTC) Facilities and Medicaid Institutional Payment Transparency Reporting Rule (CMS-3442-F). Myers and Stauffer is providing client alerts to states to make them aware of several notable provisions specific to each section in both rules to help inform each state’s evaluation of the final rule language and potential concerns. Visit the links below for more information. 

Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Managed Care Access, Finance, and Quality (CMS-2439-F)

External Quality Review
Access to Care/Network Adequacy
Medical Loss Ratio Standards
Medicaid and CHIP Quality Rating System
State Directed Payments
In Lieu of Services and Settings

Ensuring Access to Medicaid Services (CMS-2442-F)

CMS Considering Application of Additional Access Standards for Fully Fee-for-Service States
Payment Rate Transparency Standards
Home and Community-Based Services Reporting and Rate Adequacy Requirements

Minimum Staffing Standards for Long-Term Care (LTC) Facilities and Medicaid Institutional Payment Transparency Reporting Rule (CMS-3442-F)

Minimum Staffing