# Medicaid/CHIP Program; Medicaid Program and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP); Changes to the Medicaid Eligibility Quality Control and Payment Error Rate Measurement Programs in Response to the Affordable Care Act
> **Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services** · Final rule. · Published 2017-07-05 · Effective 2017-08-04 · 82 FR 31158
## Document
- **Document number:** 2017-13710
- **Category:** medicaid
- **Sub-agency:** Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- **Federal Register citation:** 82 FR 31158
- **CFR reference:** 42 CFR 431
- **Publication date:** 2017-07-05
- **Effective date:** 2017-08-04
- **HHS docket:** CMS-6068-F
## Abstract

This final rule updates the Medicaid Eligibility Quality Control (MEQC) and Payment Error Rate Measurement (PERM) programs based on the changes to Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) eligibility under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. This rule also implements various other improvements to the PERM program.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/07/05/2017-13710/medicaidchip-program-medicaid-program-and-childrens-health-insurance-program-chip-changes-to-the)
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