CMS has published a notice soliciting comments on an initial set of children’s health care quality measures for voluntary use by state Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and health insurance issuers and managed care entities that contract with these programs, and providers of Medicaid and CHIP services. The notice also seeks input on how

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued a proposed rule to implement provisions from the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 with regard to the Medicaid Eligibility Quality Control (MEQC) and Payment Error Rate Measurement (PERM) programs. The rule also would also codify several procedural aspects of the process for estimating improper