SMDL: 21st Century Cures Act Section 5006 Compliance – Provider Directories

Today the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued issuing a letter to states that describes the requirements of Section 5006 of the 21st Century Cures Act (Cures Act), which applies to states where the State plan (or waiver) of the plan provides medical assistance on a fee-for-service basis or through a primary care case-management system described in 1915(b)(1) of the Social Security Act (the Act), other than a primary care case management entity as defined by the Secretary, and to provide guidance on what enhanced federal matching funds might be available to states for building systems or enhancing existing systems that comply with the requirements of Section 5006 of the Cures Act as applicable in a manner consistent with previous guidance.

The letter is available on Medicaid.gov at https://www.medicaid.gov/federal-policy-Guidance/index.html