CMS released a revised CMS-179 form and updated instructions

View in browser | Distributed by Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services (CMCS) Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is releasing a revised CMS-179 form and updated instructions.  While changes to the form itself are mostly cosmetic and to recognize the recent CMS reorganization, more detailed and specific instructions for the Form CMS-179 are provided.  The changes include clarification that: The first two digits in SPA numbering should align with the calendar year of the date of SPA submission to CMS; The FFP impact should be entered in actual whole dollars (no places right of the decimal), not rounded to nearest thousands or displayed in thousands, not truncated; the FFP estimate should be based on the action of the proposed plan language and include amounts not currently considered in the state's approved plan of assistance (whether increasing or decreasing); Page enumeration in box 7 should include the pages revised with the submission; page enumeration in box 8 should include pages being replaced; New pages appear in 7 but not 8, deleted pages appear in 8 but not 7. These changes will provide CMS with more data consistency in states' submission of the Form CMS-179 and assist states to provide the most accurate data.  States should begin using the revised CMS-179 effective with state plan amendments submitted on or after December 1, 2021. https://medicaid.gov/state-resource-center/downloads/spa-and-1915-waiver-processing/cms-179-form-updated-instructions.pdf Stay connected with Medicaid.gov and CMS: Modify/Update Subscriber Preferences  |  Unsubscribe  |  Contact Us   Questions or problems? Please contact subscriberhelp.govdelivery.com. This e-mail was sent to edwardlorilla1986.paxforex@blogger.com using GovDelivery Communications Cloud on behalf of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (410-786-5473) · 7500 Security Boulevard · Baltimore MD 21244