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Medicaid — CMS Regulations

Medicaid: A Timeline of Key Developments, Kaiser Family Foundation

Medicaid Benefits: Online Database, Kaiser Family Foundation

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Case Management/Targeted Case Management

Provider Tax

General

• President Bush Signs Supplemental Spending Bill with Moratorium on Medicaid Regs (June 30, 2008)
• Victory!! Senate Passes (92-6) Supplemental Amendment with Medicaid Reg Moratoria (June 27, 2008)

• NGA Letter Reaffirms Support for Moratorium on All Seven CMS Regs (June 17, 2008)

• AARP Letter Supporting Moratorium on All Seven CMS Regs (June 17, 2008)

• House Passes Supplemental Spending Bill (H.R. 2642) with Moratorium on Six CMS Regs (June 20, 2008)

• Administration’s May 9th Memo to Agencies Sets November 1st Deadline for Any New Regulations (June 2, 2008)

• Senate Passes Amendment Including CMS Reg Moratoria (75-22) (May 22, 2008)

• Houses Votes 256 to 166 to Include Medicaid Moratoria Language in War Supplemental Bill (May 16, 2008)

• ANCOR Chart on CMS Regulatory Actions (May 7, 2008)

• Letter to Senators to Support Moratoria on Seven Medicaid Regulations (May 7, 2008)

• Thank You Letter to the 349 Representatives For Their Vote to Support H.R. 5613 (May 7, 2008)

• CRS Report: Medicaid’s Home and Community-Based Services State Plan Option: Section 6086 of the Deficit Reduction Act (May 7, 2008)

• FamiliesUSA Releases Individual State Data on Anticipated Losses Due to Medicaid Regs: IL, MI, NY, TX, UT, ME, LA, FL, MO, MN, CA, AK, KY, NC, CO, PA, OR, CT (May 6, 2008)

• Medicaid Moratoria Bill Passes 349-62 (April 24, 2008)

  • Roll Call Votes for H.R. 5613
  • House Energy and Commerce Summary of HR 5613
• NGA Letter on House Vote to Delay Implementation of Medicaid Rules (April 23, 2008)
• CBO Cost Estimate of House Medicaid Moratoria (H.R. 5613) (April 22, 2008)
• Two Reports Find CMS August 17, 2007 SCHIP Directive Violates Congressional Review Act (April 21, 2008)
  • GAO Report: Applicability of the Congressional Review Act to April 17th Letter on SCHIP

  • Robert Pear April 19th  New York Times Editorial

• Leavitt HR 5613 Opposition Letter to Chairman Dingell and Ranking Member Barton (April 18, 2008)

• Memo to Senate Finance Committee from CRS on Medicaid Regs (April 17, 2008)

• House Panel Approves Moratoria Bill 46-0 (April 16, 2008)

• House Panel Approves CMS Reg Moratoria Bill (April 10, 2008)

• Rockefeller Introduces CMS Moratoria and Economic Stimulus Bill (April 4, 2008)

  • Summary of the Economic Recovery in Health Care Act of 2008 (April 4, 2008)
  • S. 2819 Bill Text (April 9, 2008)

• CMS Proposed Rule to Provide Guidance for Home and Community-Based Care (April 1, 2008)

  • State Medicaid Directors' Letter: Expanded Access to Home and Community-Based Services for the Elderly and Disabled (April 16, 2008)
    • Similarities and Differences Between HCBS Waivers and State Plan HCBS

• CBPP Administration Moves to Withdraw Key Health Services (March 26, 2008)

• ANCOR February 19th Comments on CMS Self-Directed Personal Assistance Reg (March 17, 2008)

• ANCOR Issue Brief on CMS Regulations (March 14, 2008)

• Dingell, Murphy Introduce Legislation to Place 1-year Moratorium on Seven CMS Regs (March 14, 2008)

  • ANCOR Letter in Support of HR 5613 (March 26, 2008)

  • NGA April 2nd Letter of Support for HR 5613 (April 3, 2008)
• House Oversight and Government Reform Analysis of Medicaid Regulations (March 3, 2008)

• Forty-Three State Medicaid Agencies Estimate Loss of $50 Billion in Federal Medicaid Payments 

• Report: The Administration's Medicaid Regulations: State-By-State Impacts
• Summaries of State Responses

• NGA’s February 26th Letter to Congress Urging of Medicaid Rules (February 26, 2008)

• CMS Proposes New Rules for Redesigning Medicaid (February 21, 2008)

• State Flexibility in Benefit Packages NPRM
• Premiums and Cost Sharing NPRM

• CMS Regs Will Weaken Medicaid Unless Congress Acts Extends Moratoria (February 14, 2008)
• Kaiser Report on CMS Regs (February 6, 2008)
• CMS Issues Proposed Rule to Empower Medicaid Beneficiaries to Direct Personal Assistance Services (January 14, 2008)

• HHS Finalizes Rule on Intergovernmental Transfer (January 12, 2001)
• HCFA Publishes Interim Restraint Rule for Psychiatric Treatment Facilities

• President Bush Signs Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007 (December 29, 2007)

  • Contains Six Month Rehab/Hab Moratorium
• 30 Governors Urge Congress to Prevent Pending Rehab and Other CMS Rules (December 12, 2007)
• Sanders/Collins Dear Senate Colleague Letter on CMS Rehab Rule (November 9, 2007)
  • Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) support for Sanders/Collins Dear Colleague Letter
• Senate Approves SCHIP with 2 Year Rehab/Hab Moratorium (November 2, 2007)
• ANCOR Comments on CMS Proposed Rehab Rule (October, 10 2007)
• ANCOR Member Briefs Senate Staff on CMS Hab and Rehab Rule (October 3, 2007)
• Medicaid Rehab Option Proposed Rule (August 13, 2007)
• Medicaid Rehab Option and Current Policy Issues (August 10, 2007)

Case Management/Targeted Case Management

• CRS Report: Medicaid Targeted Case Management Benefits (March 31, 2008)

• 61 Representatives Ask Leavitt to Reconsider TCM Rule (March 11, 2008)
• Eighteen Senators Urge Leavitt February 29th to Reconsider TCM Rule (March 7, 2008)
• Case Management Amendment on Indian Health Bill (February 27, 2008)
• Senators Try Case Management Moratorium Amendment to Indian Health Act (February 14, 2008)
• CBPP Report on CMS Case Management Reg Impact on People with Disabilities (February 8, 2008)

• Kaiser Report on CMS Regs (February 6, 2008)
• Senate Leaders Urge HHS to Revise Case Management Reg (February 6, 2008)
• NADDDS Case Management Comments to CMS (February 4, 2008)

• Senator Coleman to Introduce Moratorium on CMS TCM Reg (January 20, 2008)
• Senator Coleman Dear Colleague TCM Moratorium Letter to Senators for Sign On (January 20, 2008)
• CMS Case Management/TCM Interim Final CMS Rule, Comments Due Feb. 4th (November 30, 2007)

• Requirements for Submitting Comments to CMS (January 30, 2008)

• CMS Fact Sheet on TCM Rule (December 3, 2007)

• ANCOR’s Comments
• NASDDDS Analysis
• Senator Coleman to Introduce Moratorium on CMS TCM Reg (January 20, 2008)
• Senator Coleman Dear Colleague TCM Moratorium Letter to Senators for Sign On (January 20, 2008)

Provider Tax

• CRS Report: Medicaid Provider Taxes (April 2, 2008)
• CMS Proposed Rules on Medicaid Provider Taxes (February 22, 2008)
• NASMD Letter to Congress on SCHIP and CMS Provider Rule (April 19, 2007)
• CMS Proposed Rule on Provider Taxes (March 23, 2007)

• Analysis of Provider Tax NPRM (April 2007)
• Congress Passes Provider Tax Rate and Other Medicaid Amendments (December 20, 2006)
• Provider Tax Provision in the Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006-H.R. 6111 (December 8, 2006)
• ANCOR Opposes CMS Regs to Restrict Provider Tax Rate and Rehab Option (December 5, 2006)
• Medicaid Directors Ask HHS to Withdraw Provider Tax & Rehab Proposed Regs (August 15, 2006)

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