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Medicaid and the LawFoley Hoag LLP CMS Approves Two New Medicaid Waivers to Expand Coverage, Provide Flexibilities

Foley Hoag LLP - Medicaid and the Law on 10/4/2022

On September 28, 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued approval letters for Section 1115 Medicaid demonstration applications previously submitted by Oregon and Massachusetts. Section 1115 waivers...more

Arizona 1115 Medicaid Waiver Update

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints on 1/23/2019

In 2014, Arizona expanded Medicaid to the new adult group. Following the expansion, Arizona submitted, and CMS approved, an 1115 waiver extension to create the Choice, Accountability, Responsibility, Engagement (CARE)...more

CMS Outlines Support for Innovative Service Delivery Models and Provides Demonstration Project Opportunities

King & Spalding on 11/21/2018

On November 13, 2018, CMS issued a letter to State Medicaid Directors, SMD #18--011 (Letter), announcing strategies to support innovative service delivery systems for adults with serious mental illness (SMI) and children with...more

CMS Guidance on Work Requirements for Medicaid Eligibility

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints on 1/12/2018

Today (January 11, 2018), CMS released a Letter to Medicaid Directors outlining guidance that work requirements can be used as a basis for eligibility for certain adult Medicaid beneficiaries through 1115 waivers. Medicaid...more

Wisconsin Releases Draft Waiver Amendment Proposing New Eligibility Requirements

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 4/24/2017

On April 19, 2017, Wisconsin released for public comment a proposed amendment to its BadgerCare Reform Section 1115 demonstration. BadgerCare Reform currently provides coverage to approximately 150,000 childless adults ages...more

CMS Finally Releases Proposed Rules for Medicaid Managed Care

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints on 6/11/2015

On Friday, Mintz Levin Health Law and ML Strategies posted an advisory on CMS’s proposed Medicaid Managed Care rules. This advisory provides contextual background, a helpful overview of the rule’s contents, and an in-depth...more

Health Care Reform Implementation Update - December 19, 2013

Cozen O'Connor on 12/20/2013

The deadline to enroll in coverage for January 1 was officially extended by a week, but the new December 23 deadline is fast approaching, and premium payments are required to be paid by the last day of 2013 for January 2014...more

Could NC Hospitals Be the Surprising and Much Needed Advocate for Mentally Ill Medicaid Recipients?

Williams Mullen on 12/10/2013

North Carolina has created the perfect storm when it comes to mentally ill…the perfect scenario for disaster. From 2001 to 2012, the total population of North Carolina increased from 8,203,734 people to 9,781,022. Over 1 and...more

Is Sec. Aldona Wos Challenging the Goliath - Like MCOs? Will She Win?

Williams Mullen on 11/11/2013

I attended a Women in Leadership conference the other day. The keynote speaker asked for us to come up with a one sentence mantra or mission statement that we would use to describe our purpose in life. I had never thought...more

Health Care Reform Implementation Update - June 12, 2013

Cozen O'Connor on 6/13/2013

Discussions around reforming Medicare’s sustainable growth rate (SGR) continued this week as the Committee on Energy & Commerce held a hearing to solicit input on a draft bill for replacing the current SGR formula...more

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