States Can Raise CHIP Rates Charged to Parents, CMS Says
In a letter to state Medicaid directors, Cindy Mann --Â director of the CMS Center for Medicaid, CHIP, and Survey and Certification --Â wrote that states can raise the amount parents pay to cover their children under the Children's Health Insurance Program without losing federal Medicaid matching funds. In addition, states can drop other beneficiaries included in the Section 1115 demonstration projects after their authorized waivers expire without penalties, according to the letter.
- "State Medicaid Officials Can Up CHIP 'Premiums'" (Daly, Modern Healthcare, 2/25).