State Flexibility for Medicaid Benefit Packages – Final Rule

File Downloads / Links

  • Final Rule PDF
  • Interim Rule PDF

Article Publication Date: 
12/3/2008
Summary: 
<i>NOTE: The effective date for this rule has been postponed to April 3, 2009 and the comment period has been reopened, pending review by the Obama administration. See "Interim Rule" below.</i> CMS issued a Final Rule giving states the flexibility to define the scope of medical assistance covered by Medicaid by offering coverage of benchmark or benchmark-equivalent benefit packages to certain recipients. The file contains the official text of the rule as entered into the Federal Registry.
Topics: 
Medicaid
Populations: 
N/A
Sources: 
CMS
Programs/Initiatives: 
Deficit Reduction Act (DRA)
6044; 1937; final rule; Federal Register; benefits definition

Contact

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Office of Public Affairs
Phone: 
202-690-6145

Short URL: http://www.advancingstates.org/node/51824