| The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid services recently released theProposed Notice of Benefits and Payment Parameters for 2025 and a fact sheet about the proposed rule. This proposed rule includes several proposals impacting the Medicaid program, Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and the Basic Health Program (BHP). These provisions include: Proposing to reinterpret State Marketplace and State Medicaid/ CHIP agency use of theFederal Data Services Hub (Hub) to access and use the income data provided by the optional Verify Current Income (VCI) Hub service as a State Marketplace or a State Medicaid/CHIP agency function because these state entities use this optional service to implement eligibility verification requirements applicable to them; Proposing to provide states with greater flexibility to adopt income and/or resource disregards in determining financial eligibility for Medicaid under section 1902(r)(2) of the Social Security Act for individuals excepted from application of the MAGI financial methodologies; and Proposing to provide states that operate the BHP additional flexibility in establishing an effective date of eligibility for enrollment in a standard health plan. Please see the proposed rule and fact sheet for more information. | 