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Medical Frailty Litigation: What States Should Track Before Changing Their Controls

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Sep 13, 2026

Medical Frailty Litigation: What States Should Track Before Changing Their Controls

A current-status reference for Medicaid leaders managing medical-frailty implementation while the federal framework remains under legal challenge.

Ralph Choate

Medicaid Medical Frailty: The New Community Engagement Control Framework

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Sep 8, 2026

Medicaid Medical Frailty: The New Community Engagement Control Framework

An operational reference to CMS guidance on ex parte verification, claims and encounter data, condition-list governance, manual review, annual reverification, and the 2028 self-declaration transition.

Ralph Choate

Section 71109 Medicaid Implementation: Where Eligibility Ends and Federal Claiming Begins

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Sep 8, 2026

Section 71109 Medicaid Implementation: Where Eligibility Ends and Federal Claiming Begins

A control reference for the October 1 transition covering redeterminations, noncitizen eligibility, SSI/SSA dependencies, state-only coverage, emergency Medicaid, systems changes, and FFP claiming.

Ralph Choate

CMS Medicaid Fraud War Room: First 88 Days

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Aug 27, 2026

CMS Medicaid Fraud War Room: First 88 Days

Primary CMS reporting on an emerging federal-state Medicaid program-integrity model using advanced analytics and coordinated enforcement.

Ralph Choate

CMS Section 71109 Eligibility Implementation Resources

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Aug 27, 2026

CMS Section 71109 Eligibility Implementation Resources

Primary federal resources for implementing the October 1, 2026 Medicaid and CHIP federal matching changes associated with Section 71109.

Ralph Choate

CMS Eligibility Redeterminations: Section 71107

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Aug 27, 2026

CMS Eligibility Redeterminations: Section 71107

Primary federal guidance for implementing six-month Medicaid eligibility redeterminations beginning with affected renewals scheduled on or after January 1, 2027.

Ralph Choate

CMS PERM RY2027 and RY2028 Cycle Resources

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Aug 27, 2026

CMS PERM RY2027 and RY2028 Cycle Resources

Primary federal resources for states managing two active PERM timelines: an eligibility-only RY2027 cycle and the RY2028 Cycle 1 sampled-claim review period already underway.

Ralph Choate

CMS Community Engagement Implementation Resources

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Aug 27, 2026

CMS Community Engagement Implementation Resources

Primary federal resources governing implementation of Medicaid community-engagement requirements beginning no later than January 1, 2027.

Ralph Choate

Source Presentation: Wyoming’s PERM Transformation Through System Modernization

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Aug 26, 2026

Source Presentation: Wyoming’s PERM Transformation Through System Modernization

Presented by the Wyoming Department of Health and Acentra Health at MESC 2026, August 19, 2026.

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Medical Frailty Litigation: What States Should Track Before Changing Their Controls

Medicaid Medical Frailty: The New Community Engagement Control Framework

Section 71109 Medicaid Implementation: Where Eligibility Ends and Federal Claiming Begins

CMS Medicaid Fraud War Room: First 88 Days

CMS Section 71109 Eligibility Implementation Resources

CMS Eligibility Redeterminations: Section 71107

CMS PERM RY2027 and RY2028 Cycle Resources

CMS Community Engagement Implementation Resources

Source Presentation: Wyoming’s PERM Transformation Through System Modernization

PERM Insights & Perspectives