States can use either Medicaid Section 1915(c) or Section 1115 waivers to give the elderly and people with disabilities (including those with mental illness) greater involvement, control ...

The Family and Social Services Administration is giving people 180 days to complete a service plan and several assessments to ...

More than 10,000 Hoosiers are waiting for home- and community-based services through Medicaid waivers, including those ...

Senators John Kennedy (R-Louisiana) and Eric Schmitt (R-Missouri) introduced a bill last week that would require “able-bodied adults” without dependents to work or volunteer for at least 20 hours per ...

Republican lawmakers in several states have Medicaid expansion in their crosshairs, energized by President Donald Trump's ...

Known as Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) waivers, the programs—now in their fourth decade—are funded by Medicaid and run by each individual state. With potential cuts to Medicaid a ...

The state had previously pursued what is known as a Section 1115 waiver from the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to add Medicaid work requirements. It was granted in 2019 under ...

Despite a long waitlist, the number of children served in the YES Waiver program has declined ... as providers leave the program due to low Medicaid reimbursement rates. The waitlist for this ...

Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency representatives are at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services this week examining payment and contracting systems of federal health agency.

Medicaid is a joint federal and state program that provides health coverage to low-income individuals, including children, pregnant women, seniors, and those with disabilities. In Oklahoma, the ...

HELENA — A bill to continue Montana’s Medicaid expansion cleared an initial vote in the state House on Friday, a mile marker for one of the most high-consequence policies lawmakers are ...