Director, Division of Reimbursement and State Financing

0938-AT41 202004 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 0938 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services CMS 0900 Department of Health and Human Services HHS Methods for Assuring Access to Covered Medicaid Services--Rescission (CMS-2406)

This final rule removes the regulatory text that sets forth the previously required access monitoring review plan process for states to document whether Medicaid payments in fee-for-service delivery systems are sufficient to enlist enough providers to assure beneficiary access to covered care and services consistent with the Medicaid statute. States have raised concerns over the administrative burden associated with the previous regulatory requirements and asserted that the information required is not reflective of beneficiary access in the state. While we believe the previously required process can be a valuable tool for states to use to demonstrate the sufficiency of provider payment rates, we believe mandating states to collect the specific information as described excessively constrains states’ freedom to administer their Medicaid programs in the manner that is best for the individual state and its Medicaid beneficiaries.

]]> Other Significant Previously Published in The Unified Agenda Final Rule Stage No No Deregulatory 42 CFR 447 42 U.S.C. 1302 No NPRM 03/23/2018 83 FR 12696 NPRM Comment Period End 05/22/2018 2nd NPRM 07/15/2019 84 FR 33722 2nd NPRM Comment Period End 09/13/2019 Final Action 08/00/2020 No No Federal State No No No Jeremy Silanskis Director, Division of Reimbursement and State Financing 0938 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services CMS 410 786-1592 jeremy.silanskis@cms.hhs.gov Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services, MS: S3-14-28, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore MD 21244