CMS Expects Decision On Indiana 1115 Waiver Soon

CMS told Inside Health Policy it expects to issue a decision on Indiana's 1115 Medicaid waiver soon, despite having extended the state's current program for another month. The state has asked for agency approval to renew its existing Medicaid waiver provisions, known as the Healthy Indiana Plan 2.0, and to add new measures that include imposing work requirements on some Medicaid beneficiaries and charging higher premiums to beneficiaries who use tobacco. The waiver that authorized the existing program had been...