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    CMS issues new guidance on using Medicaid health IT to reduce opioid risks

    On June 11, 2018, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued new guidance to state Medicaid directors about how states can harness Medicaid health information technology to combat the opioid crisis. CMS encourages states to pursue strategies such as enhanced prescription drug monitoring programs, drug utilization review programs, and opioid risk assessment tools which can be integrated into electronic health record systems...

    • 14. June 2018
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    Maine Superior Court Justice orders state administration to carry out voter-approved Medicaid Expansion

    On Monday, June 4, 2018, Superior Court Justice Michaela Murphy ordered the Commissioner of the Maine Department of Health and Human Services to submit by June 11, 2018 a state plan to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)to provide expanded Medicaid eligibility to appropriate Maine residents pursuant to the Affordable Care Act (ACA).  

    • 7. June 2018
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    CMS launches Medicaid/CHIP performance scorecard

    On June 4, 2018, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) unveiled a new performance scorecard offering critical metrics on state health system performance, state administrative performance, and federal administrative performance under Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP).

    • 7. June 2018
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    Benefits Eligibility System IV&V Services – Hawaii Department of Health Services

    PCG’s Technology Consulting practice was selected by the Hawaii Department of Health Services (DHS) to provide Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) services to support their Systems Modernization Project. 

    • 4. June 2018