The Wall Street Journal recently opined on the important goal of giving state policymakers the power and responsibility to manage the program. The bottom line is that recent waivers have been highly successful. …center-right and even liberal states have spent more than a decade improving a progra...
State Medicaid Waivers and Youth Mental Health Service System OutcomesGenevieve Graaf, MSW
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Medicaid is a joint state and federal program that provides health insurance coverage to 75 million people living in or near the federal poverty level. Many of the people that Medicaid covers have chronic illnesses or disabilities. Since the program was created in 1965, Medicaid has changed to e...
10 State Medicaid work requirements in Arkansas,11 New Hampshire,12 Kentucky,13 and Michigan14 were eventually struck down by federal courts, which found that CMS had failed to consider the projected coverage losses among beneficiaries. Other waivers were rescinded by the Biden administration, but ...
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...
The Utah State Plan Medicaid Personal Care Services provides in-home care to low-income seniors so they can continue living independently in the community. Assistance with everyday activities, like eating, dressing, grooming, mobility, and meal preparation, help to prevent unnecessary nursing home pl...
While Medicaid programs can use waivers to implement direct primary care, a law that is under consideration in the Senate would make it easier for states to take this approach. Continue Reading By Kelsey Waddill, Managing Editor and Multimedia Manager News 26 Nov 2024 Getty Images CMS sugges...
1 More states continue to expand Medicaid via transformative waivers in the wake of the ACA expansion mandate and the Supreme Court decisions.2, 3, 4 States' interest in improving care quality and lowering costs has spurred experimentation with a variety of medication management (MM) programs. ...
"There is a clear need for more states to adopt such initiatives, particularly given the high risk of overdose deaths in this population," said Taxman. "This has implications for new policies that states can apply for in terms of [Social Security Act] Section 1115 waivers to enhance Medicaid...