On January 9, 2024, the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) finally approved New York State’s 1115 waiver amendment to establish the New York Health Equity Reform (NYHER) Program.

Flexibility and innovation have long been central tenets of Medicaid, the state-federal program that provides health care coverage to more than 77 million Americans. Through Section 1115 Medicaid ...

Throughout 2021 and 2022, states have been seeking to include or have successfully included medical respite to Medicaid 1115 waivers. These experimental Medicaid-reimbursed programs are reviewed and ...

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Over the course of the past four presidential administrations, the use of Medicaid 1115 waivers to address beneficiary health-related social needs has grown. At this time, twenty-five waiver projects ...

Arizona is well suited to benefit from its 1115 demonstration waiver requested from CMS because it already has a robust justice-involved reentry initiative called the Residential Substance Abuse ...

The state will invest $646 million to boost the health care workforce using a long-sought Medicaid waiver program to promote health care access and reduce disparities in underserved communities. Three ...

There are 26 states waiting for their section 1115 Medicaid waivers to gain approval, according to Medicaid.gov. Under the Social Security Act, section 1115 waivers allow states to test healthcare ...

According to the National Association of State Budget Officers, Medicaid now consumes 23.6 percent of state governments’ expenditures. Fortunately for state policymakers, there is an option available ...