# Medicaid Program; Methods for Assuring Access to Covered Medicaid Services
> **Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services** · Final rule with comment period. · Published 2015-11-02 · Effective 2016-01-04 · 80 FR 67576
## Document
- **Document number:** 2015-27697
- **Category:** medicaid
- **Sub-agency:** Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- **Federal Register citation:** 80 FR 67576
- **CFR reference:** 42 CFR 447
- **Publication date:** 2015-11-02
- **Effective date:** 2016-01-04
- **HHS docket:** CMS-2328-FC
## Abstract

This final rule with comment period provides for a transparent data-driven process for states to document whether Medicaid payments are sufficient to enlist providers to assure beneficiary access to covered care and services consistent with section 1902(a)(30)(A) of the Social Security Act (the Act) and to address issues raised by that process. The final rule with comment period also recognizes electronic publication as an optional means of providing public notice of proposed changes in rates or ratesetting methodologies that the state intends to include in a Medicaid state plan amendment (SPA). We are providing an opportunity for comment on whether future adjustments would be warranted to the provisions setting forth requirements for ongoing state reviews of beneficiary access.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2015/11/02/2015-27697/medicaid-program-methods-for-assuring-access-to-covered-medicaid-services)
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