States have sought Medicaid family planning waivers for a number of reasons. By using Medicaid funds to provide family planning services to uninsured lowincome women, states can reduce rates of unintended pregnancy and improve maternal and child health. 2, 3S Sills...
Updated Story Experts say California’s 1115 waiver that offers limited Medicaid coverage to incarcerated individuals three months before their release will likely become a model for other states, and the administration recently encouraged more states step up coverage with new guidance on how state ...
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States have the power to introduce pilot programs and test out coverage for various new benefits throughSection 1115 demonstration waivers. Medicaid programs have used these1115 Medicaid demonstration waivers to address health equity, improveaccess to care for Medicaid beneficiaries, extendaccess to behavio...
Through age 21, the annual probability of disenrollment was similar among adolescents in states with an ASD-specific waiver, another waiver, or no waiver. At age 19, disenrollment increased for all individuals, although the probability was more pronounced among those in states with Medica...
“While we will not be moving forward with lifetime caps, we are pleased that the Administration has been supportive of our efforts to include a work requirement in the 1115 waiver. This important provision will help improve outcomes and ensure that Kansans are empowered to achieve self-sufficie...
In April, CMS approved elements of Washington State’s Section 1115 waiver allowing the state to establish a COVID-19 Disaster Relief Fund without budget neutrality offsets, similar to previous crises. However, CMS rejected several innovative elements of the waiver, such as creating a temporary ...
Michigan expansion. The “Healthy Michigan Plan” is the Section 1115 waiver that was approved by CMS in December 2013 for Michigan to implement the ACA’s Medicaid expansion. This plan uses Medicaid funds to provide coverage for all newly eligible adults with income up to 138% of the FPL (...
(42 USC § 1315), which would allow for up to 90 days of Medicaid coverage as part of the Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment for Patients and Communities Act.2The aim of the waiver is to help increase care for justice involved individuals immediately...
The managed care data captures many high-risk low-income adult enrollees who recently gained Medicaid coverage under the expansion provisions of the ACA or the Section 1115 waiver. These low-income adults included in the recent expansion are shown to have disproportionately high risks for chronic ...