The Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission has submitted its mandated March report to Congress.

The report consists of four chapters:

  • Chapter 1 offers a recommendation to support the home- and community-based services (HCBS) workforce by requiring states to report hourly wages paid to HCBS workers to help states set effective HCBS payment rates.
  • Chapter 2 focuses on behavioral health in Medicaid and CHIP.
  • Chapter 3 looks at the role of Medicaid in supporting justice-involved youth.
  • Chapter 4 provides an overview of how Medicaid meets the needs of children in child welfare.

Learn more from this MACPAC news release, which summarizes the report, and from the complete report.

MACPAC is a non-partisan legislative branch agency that provides policy and data analysis and makes recommendations to Congress, the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and the states on a wide variety of issues affecting Medicaid and the State Children’s Health Insurance Program.  Its deliberations are highly influential among policymakers.  Find MACPAC’s web site here.