CMS Seeks Feedback on Easy-Peasy Medicaid Info Gathering
Published Date: 4/16/2025
Notice
Summary
The government wants your thoughts on a simple, low-effort info collection related to Medicaid and CHIP. This helps make sure the data they gather is useful and not too much work for anyone. If you have ideas or concerns, speak up by April 30, 2025, so they can keep things smooth and smart without extra costs or hassle.
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
Medicaid MAT coverage made permanent
If you are a Medicaid beneficiary, medication-assisted treatment (MAT) is a mandatory Medicaid state plan benefit under section 1905(a)(29) of the Social Security Act. Congress made this mandatory MAT benefit permanent on March 9, 2024 (amending prior coverage that ran October 1, 2020 through September 30, 2025).
States may request five-year MAT exemption
States may request an exemption from the mandatory MAT coverage requirement if there is a documented shortage of qualified providers or facilities. Under the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024, a state seeking an exemption must re-certify not less than every five years to the Secretary that the provider shortage continues, and the exemption request process will be conducted every five years.
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