CMS Approves New York Transfer of Medicaid LTSS into Managed Care

On August 31, 2012, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) agreed to amend both of its managed care demonstrations to include long-term services and supports (LTSS) on a mandatory basis.  As part of the approval, CMS amended the Special Terms and Conditions (STC) that govern New York’s operation of the demonstrations.  The STC are significant both because they will govern New York’s amended demonstration, and also because the provisions of the STC give an indication as to how CMS may handle other states’ proposals to move LTSS into a managed care structure. Read More (PDF).