Medicaid — CMS State Medicaid Directors’ Letters

• Increased Federal Medical Assistance Percentage under ARRA (September 29, 2009)
  • Enclosure A: Attestations
  • Enclosure B: Examples of Restrictions to Eligibility Standards, Methodologies, or Procedures

• State Medicaid Director Letter on Recovery Act Prompt Payment for Hospitals and Skilled Nursing Facilities (July 30, 2009)

• CMS June 17th Letter to Medicaid Directors Summarizing ARRA (June 17, 2009)
• CMS January 16th Medicaid Director Letter on Improper Payments and Obligations of Excluded Providers (January 16, 2009)
• CMS October 28, 2008 Letter on Refunding Under Medicaid False Claims Act (October 28, 2008)
• CMS: Letter to SMDs on Integrated Medicare and Medicaid State Plan Preprint (October 27, 2008)
• CMS Q&A Guidance to States on DRA Case Management and TCM (June 24, 2008)
• CMS Letter on DRA State Plan 1915(i) Expanded HCBS Option (June 24, 2008)
  • Similarities and Differences Between HCBS Waiver and State Plan 1915(i)

• CMS Letter on Guidance on DRA Employee Education About False Claims Recovery (June 24, 2008)

  • Q & A
  • False Claims Act
• CMS SMD Letter on Medicaid Excluded Providers (June 20, 2008)
• CMS SMD Letter on a Medicaid State Plan Amendment Preprint (May 1, 2008)
• CMS Letter on Medicaid Integrity Program (April 28, 2009)
• CMS SMD Letter on DRA Optional Self-Direction Personal Assistance Services (September 13, 2007)

• CMS Guidance on SCHIP Eligibility (August 17, 2007)

  • Affected States (August 20, 2007)

• CMS SMD Guidance on NPI Implementation Contingency Plan (August 9, 2007)

  • Additional NPI Guidance (August 9, 2007)
• CMS SMD Letter on Citizenship Documentation (February 22, 2007)
• CMS Announces Quality Improvement Roadmap (July 25, 2005)
• Access all State Medicaid Directors' Letters
• Recent SMD Letters:
  • Principles of Money Follows the Person (August 2004)
  • Transition of Individuals to the Community Through Medicaid Coverage of Medical Equipment (July 2003)
  • Transitioning Individuals to the Community-One Time Transitional Expenses
    • Q&A on Transition Services