Becker's Healthcare September 26, 2024
CMS is providing states new guidance to ensure states comply with required Medicaid services for children.
Medicaid programs are required to provide more comprehensive coverage for children than for adults.
State Medicaid programs must comply with Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic and Treatment, or EPSDT, requirements, which lay out required services for children receiving Medicaid or CHIP benefits.
The new guidance, published Sept. 26, is the most comprehensive EPSDT guidance CMS has issued in a decade, according to a news release. The Bipartisan Safer Communities Act directed CMS to publish new requirements on EPSDT requirements.
The guidance provides states with strategies and best practices to maintain compliance with EPSDT laws. The report lays out recommendations for...
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