Relevant to: Dual Eligible Highly-Integrated Special Needs Plans, Fully-Integrated Special Needs Plans, Applicable Integrated Plans
On September 25, 2023, CMS released the memorandum, “Corrected Contract Year 2024 Translated Model Material Requirements and Language Data Analysis.” In that memorandum, we noted that effective CY 2024, 42 CFR 422.2267(a)(4) and 423.2267(a)(4) require fully integrated dual eligible (FIDE) special needs plans or highly integrated dual eligible (HIDE) special needs plans, as defined at § 422.2, or applicable integrated plans (AIP), as defined at § 422.561, to translate materials into the language(s) required by the Medicaid translation standard as specified through their capitated Medicaid managed care contract in addition to the language(s) required by the Medicare translation standard.