On April 25, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) hosted an office hours session to help providers, facilities, and Medicare beneficiaries prepare for the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) on May 11, 2023. The Agency will post a recording of the session on the CMS National Stakeholder Calls webpage. Will [...] Read More
In March 2020, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act established the “continuous enrollment condition,” which provided states with extra federal Medicaid funding in exchange for maintaining enrollments for all Medicaid-enrolled individuals throughout the public health emergency (PHE). Many states implemented comparable policies that had a similar impact on the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). Up [...] Read More
On October 26, 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) held its sixth monthly webinar in preparation for the public health emergency (PHE) unwinding of COVID-19-related flexibilities. CMS will post a recording and transcript of the webinar to the CMS National Stakeholder Calls webpage. Additional resources on unwinding the PHE can be found here for states [...] Read More
On August 24, 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) held its fourth monthly webinar about the unwinding of the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) flexibilities for Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) eligibility. Beth Lynk, Director of the Office of Communications and Senior Advisor to the Administrator for External Affairs at [...] Read More
On July 27, 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) held its third monthly webinar on unwinding the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) flexibilities for Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) eligibility. CMS will post a recording and transcript of the webinar to the CMS National Stakeholder Calls webpage. Additional resources on [...] Read More
On July 27, 2022, the Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program Payment Advisory Commission (MACPAC) held a public meeting to provide an update on the status of Medicaid and CHIP coverage during and after the public health emergency (PHE). Topics discussed included fiscal implications of unwinding the PHE, addressing uncertainty for states, and Centers for [...] Read More
On May 25, 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) held its first monthly webinar on unwinding the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) flexibilities for Medicaid and CHIP program eligibility. Background The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) of March 2020 established a temporary 6.2 percentage point increase in the Federal Medical Assistance [...] Read More