Indiana Seeks Medicaid Transportation Waiver Extension Amid Federal Review

Indiana is requesting to extend the temporary waiver of non-emergency medical transportation in its Medicaid expansion program -- the Healthy Indiana Plan 2.0 -- until the end of the demonstration period on Jan. 31, 2018. The request comes during a federal review, opposed by the state, of the NEMT waiver. Indiana Gov. Mike Pence (R) has been at odds with CMS and beneficiary advocates over the agency's plan to re-evaluate the state's policy of not offering transportation services to newly...