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How States Exercise Flexibility under a Medicaid State Plan


Understanding Medicaid Home and Community Services: - ASPE

authorized in a plan of care or personal care services under the optional State Plan benefit, states have considerable latitude with regard to empower- ing ...

State Approaches to Community Health Worker Financing through ...

States can use SPAs to shape Medicaid benefits to address enrollee needs and reimburse for CHW services as part of a sustainable financing approach.

State Responses to New Flexibility in Medicaid - COUGHLIN - 2008

Findings: Since 2001, more than half the states have changed their Medicaid programs, through either Medicaid waivers or provisions in the ...

Medicaid State Plan - Iowa Department of Health and Human Services

A State Plan is a contract between a state and the Federal Government describing how that state administers its Medicaid program.

The Use of 1915(i) Medicaid Plan Option for Individuals with Mental ...

To avoid these challenges, a number of states are pursuing alternative vehicles for offering services that could otherwise fall under 1915(i).

Medicaid State Plan And 1115 Waiver

The terms and conditions of the State's Medicaid 1115 Waiver act as a contract that establishes the scope of the State's flexibility under federal law relative ...

What is the Medicaid State Plan? | Wisconsin Department of Health ...

Plan changes are submitted by the state to CMS as State Plan Amendments. CMS reviews each State Plan Amendment to determine whether it meets ...

Social Security Act §1902

... under the State Medicaid plan or the State CHIP plan. (IV) The Indian Health ... (B) States may expand eligibility or move waivered populations into coverage ...

New Mexico Medicaid State Plan - New Mexico Health Care Authority

A State Plan is a contract between a state and the Federal Government describing how that state administers its Medicaid program.

What is the State Plan? | Washington State Health Care Authority

Plan changes can be submitted by the state to DHHS and are known as State Plan Amendments (SPAs). DHHS, through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ( ...

Comparison of Federal Medicaid Authorities - IN.gov

States have broad flexibility to design Medicaid programs to meet state-specific goals. ... identical extended State. Plan services under the waiver. Waiver ...

42 U.S. Code § 1396a - State plans for medical assistance

(B) States may expand eligibility or move waivered populations into coverage under the State plan. With respect to any period applicable under paragraph (1) ...

State Flexibility in Emergency Medicaid to Care for Uninsured ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) generally defers to states' interpretations of emergency medical conditions without requiring ...

State Medicaid Plans - National Health Law Program

plan. States choosing to exercise an option set forth in the federal. Medicaid Act must ordinarily submit a state plan amendment to the U.S.. Department of ...

State Responses to New Flexibility in Medicaid | Milbank Quarterly

Findings: Since 2001, more than half the states have changed their Medicaid programs, through either Medicaid waivers or provisions in the Deficit Reduction Act ...

School Medicaid Expansion: How (and How Many) States Have ...

formally amended its state Medicaid plan or changed state policy through legislative or ... services a school shall provide under an educational ...

Medicaid Coverage of Long-Term Services and Supports

allows states additional flexibility to cover other specified HCBS, subject to HHS Secretary ... under a state's Medicaid state plan.40,41 States ...

Use of Medicaid to Finance Coordinated Specialty Care Services for ...

The Section 1915(i) state plan amendment provides an opportunity for states to amend their state Medicaid plans to offer intensive home and community-based.

Medicaid Managed Care: State Flexibility in Action | Urban Institute

... flexibility allows states to introduce program ... A particularly notable area of under-development was in contracts between Medicaid agencies and health plans.

Updates and FAQs: Developing and Implementing a Medicaid State ...

Several states have received approval from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) of Medicaid State Plan Amendments (SPAs) that ...