CMS Again OKs Medicaid Work Requirements In New Hampshire

CMS on Friday (Nov. 30) gave a green light to New Hampshire to move forward with a stringent program of Medicaid work requirements, as well as a transition of the state’s expansion population from the exchanges to Medicaid managed care and the elimination of retroactive coverage for beneficiaries in the expansion population. The agency took no action on the state’s controversial requests to use asset testing and strict citizenship verification to determine Medicaid eligibility. The New Hampshire work-requirement program, which...