Update, November 21: We updated this post to reflect CMS’ release of improper payment rates.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released the 2019 Estimated Payment Error Rate Measurement (PERM) rate,...
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Arizona the Latest State to Reconsider Medicaid Work Requirements
October 22, 2019
Arizona is suspending its plan to take Medicaid coverage away from people who don’t meet work requirements, adding to the growing list of states making similar decisions. Other states with approved or pending work requirement waivers also should reconsider these harmful policies.
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Trump on Partial Medicaid Expansion: Right Decision, Wrong Reasons
July 30, 2019
The Trump Administration is rejecting Utah’s request to receive the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) enhanced federal funding to provide Medicaid coverage for only part of the population of poor and near-poor adults that states can cover by expanding their Medicaid programs under the ACA.
ACA Lawsuit Threatens Tens of Millions of Medicaid, Medicare Beneficiaries
July 30, 2019
On Medicaid and Medicare’s 54th birthday, tens of millions of beneficiaries face direct harm from litigation seeking to overturn the Affordable Care Act (ACA) — which strengthened both programs and updated how they operate, transforming Medicaid’s eligibility rules and...
NH Medicaid Work Requirement Suspension Confirms: Policy Can’t Be Fixed
July 9, 2019
New Hampshire has suspended a policy to take Medicaid coverage away from people not meeting work requirements, recognizing that it was on pace for large coverage losses — potentially...
Important Medicaid Initiatives Would End if Decision Overturning ACA Stands
July 8, 2019
A federal appeals court will hear oral arguments tomorrow on whether a district court decision striking down the entire Affordable Care Act (ACA) should stand...
GAO: More Transparency Needed in Federal Review of Medicaid Waiver Proposals
June 3, 2019
Lack of transparency in how the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) reviews state Medicaid waiver requests “may leave the agency and the public without key information to fully understand the potential impact of the changes being proposed, including on beneficiaries and costs,” according to a new report from the Government...
Utah’s Waiver Approval Limits Enrollment, Restricts Access to Care
March 29, 2019
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued its initial approval today of Utah’s Medicaid waiver that expands coverage to some low-income adults but rejects a full expansion of Medicaid that would have covered tens of thousands more.
CMS gave Utah unprecedented authority to cap enrollment based solely on state funding decisions, and it also approved the state’s proposal...
Iowa Bill Would Cause Thousands to Lose Medicaid Coverage
March 20, 2019
In Iowa, a Senate-passed bill that’s now before the House would almost certainly take Medicaid coverage away from thousands of people who can’t meet a work requirement.
The bill, which the Senate passed yesterday, would require all non-elderly adult Medicaid beneficiaries to document 20...
