Medicaid: CMS Materials

Materials from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services:

State Medicaid Manual, Chapter 3 (HCFA 64) (State Medicaid Manual at CMS)

Letters to State Directors

Letters to State Survey Agency Directors

Other CMS Letters

CMS Transmittals

  • T3 Certification of Facilities Providing Acute Psychiatric Services to Individuals Under Age 21
  • T5 Review of ways available for Medicaid to deal with drug addition and related problems
  • T8 Monetary Cap on and Periodic Services Provided Under the Early Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment Program
  • T12 Response to request for futher clarification of requirements of case management with respect to EPSDT
  • T13 Response to request for clarification cerning provision of durable medical equipment through State’s Crippled Children Services
  • T14 Response to Montana’s question regarding whether State is allowed to impose limitations on services to EPSDT children
  • T15 Response to request that HCFA adopt standardized definition of medically necessary sevices
  • T18 Response to question raised concerning the phrase “conditions discovered by the screening services”
  • T19 Reiterating current Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) policy with respect to State requirements for furnishing services under the Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment (EPSDT) program
  • T20 Notice of policy clearance from our Central Office on the meaning of the word “discovered” in the context of the EPSDT screening services
  • T21 Response to concerns about implementing the EPSDT services mandated under OBRA 89
  • T22 Reiterating current Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) policy with respect to State requirements for furnishing services under the Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment (EPSDT) program
  • T24 Response to letter concerning the Medicaid inpatient psychiatric benefit for individuals under 21
  • T27 Follow-up letter concerning policy relating to Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment (EPSDT) program
  • T28 Memorandum providing guidance to States concerning Medicaid coverage of services provided in schools
  • T33 Clarification of several issues concerning EPSDT services
  • T34 Letter to State Medicaid Directors regarding OBRA 89 changes to Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment (EPSDT) program
  • T42 Response to Pennsylvania concerning coverage under Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment (EPSDT) program
  • T44 Clarification of EPSDT Requirements Concerning “Pre-Existing” Conditions and State Plan Limitations
  • T45 Clarification of Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment (EPSDT) program relating to determination of medical necessity
  • T47 Medically needy Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment (EPSDT)
  • T51 Providing EPSDT services in least costly environment
  • T53 Response to letter regarding whether removal of EPSDT children from Idaho’s Personal Care Services HCBS waiver remains appropriate
  • T56 Response to request for clarification of case management services for Kansas Medicaid enrolled children under EPSDT program
  • T58 Scope of Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment (EPSDT) program
  • T63 Maintenance services under Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment (EPSDT) program
  • T82 Response to letter requesting clarification of case management under Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment (EPSDT) program
  • T85 Targeted case management services and the Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment (EPSDT) program
  • T96 Memorandum providing guidance to States concerning Medicaid coverage of services provided in schools
  • T99 Memorandum providing guidance to States concerning Medicaid coverage of services provided in schools
  • T109 Clarifying two issues related to delivery of EPSDT services
  • T129 Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment (EPSDT) program continuing care providers
  • T131 Response to letter regarding skilled nusring services for ventilator dependent children
  • T133 Release of information to schools providing EPSDT services
  • T134A Medicaid Provider Qualifications for Speech Pathologists and Audiologists in School-Based Programs
  • T137 Response to request for clarification regarding nutritionists service in context of EPSDT services
  • T139 Response to request regarding whether nutritionists service met defintion of preventative services
  • T142 Response to letter requesting comments on methods of verifying children’s Medicaid eligibility in effort to expand Medicaid coverage for habilitation services provided in schools
  • T162 Whether maintenance services are required under EPSDT
  • T172 Response to proposal advertized to States regarding maximizing federal share of matching funds by implenting EPSDT in schools
  • T174 Clarification of the Health Care Financing Administration’s provisional requirements regarding communicative devices and tactile aids
  • T177 Clarification of Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment (EPSDT) program – OBRA 89 provisions
  • T180 Medicaid coverage of investigation to determine source of lead
  • T191 Reply to letter regarding payment for Medicaid services included in an individualized education program (IEP) or individualized family service plan (IFSP)
  • T197 Reply to letter concerning provision of Medicaid services to children in nursing facilities
  • T198 Response to request for advice regarding the of federal financial participation (FFP) for assistive devices provided under the EPSDT  benefit
  • T199 Guidance regarding coverage for assistive devices for children with handicaps
  • T206 Regarding States flexibility in administering Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment (EPSDT) program
  • T208 Response to questions received recently from several States concerning coverage of infant/toddler restraint seats under Medicaid, ‘particularly in light of the ‘89 EPSDT expansion
  • T218 Clarification to New York regarding Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment (EPSDT) program
  • T221 Regarding reimbursement for school-based health services
  • T222 Idenitifcation of case management services that do not meet statutory defintion
  • T225 Concerning mandator functions in administration of Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment (EPSDT) program
  • T226 Concerning home health visits under Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment (EPSDT) program
  • T228 Allowable costs and FFP
  • Transmittal MCD-86-94, January 13, 1995, regarding three types of exempt trusts

Other CMS Guidance

State Guidance

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