CMS Managed Care Rule Sets Up Quality Ratings System In Medicaid, CHIP

CMS will gradually phase in the first quality ratings system in Medicaid and CHIP, including network adequacy standards, starting in 2017, according to a final rule out Monday that marks the agency's first major overhaul of Medicaid managed care requirements in over a decade. The rule also drew praise from state Medicaid directors for tossing out the agency's unpopular 14-day fee-for-service period before beneficiaries' are auto-enrolled in Medicaid managed care, but Medicaid managed care plans are upset the agency didn't...