Medicaid/CHIP News, Information, and Resources (Washington Update, January 30, 2019)

by | Jan 30, 2019 | NCFPP, Washington Update

MEDICAID WAIVERS

CMS Approves Arizona’s Medicaid Community Engagement Demonstration Amendment
(CMS press release, 1/18/19). See CMS approves 8th state for Medicaid work requirement (Healthcare Dive, 1/22/19).

WORTH REPEATING: Tennessee proposes to amend its demonstration to add community-engagement requirements as a condition of eligibility for certain individuals age 19 through 64 who are enrolled in the parent/caretaker-relative eligibility group, a very low-income population. The federal public comment period for that proposal is open until February 7. For updates on other §1115 waiver proposals see the Kaiser Family Foundation’s Medicaid Waiver Tracker: Approved and Pending Section 1115 Waivers by State.

(Kaiser Family Foundation Issue Brief, 1/25/19)
How are States Using Medicaid to Pay for Home Visiting? New Paper Offers More Clarity
(Say Ahhh!, Blog of the Georgetown Center on Children and Families, 1/22/19)

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