# Medicaid Program; The Use of New or Increased Pass-Through Payments in Medicaid Managed Care Delivery Systems
> **Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services** · Final rule. · Published 2017-01-18 · Effective 2017-03-20 · 82 FR 5415
## Document
- **Document number:** 2017-00916
- **Category:** medicaid
- **Sub-agency:** Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- **Federal Register citation:** 82 FR 5415
- **CFR reference:** 42 CFR 438
- **Publication date:** 2017-01-18
- **Effective date:** 2017-03-20
- **HHS docket:** CMS-2402-F
## Abstract

This rule finalizes changes to the pass-through payment transition periods and the maximum amount of pass-through payments permitted annually during the transition periods under Medicaid managed care contract(s) and rate certification(s). This final rule prevents increases in pass-through payments and the addition of new pass-through payments beyond those in place when the pass-through payment transition periods were established, in the final Medicaid managed care regulations effective July 5, 2016.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/01/18/2017-00916/medicaid-program-the-use-of-new-or-increased-pass-through-payments-in-medicaid-managed-care-delivery)
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