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CMS’ Plan To Review 1115 Waivers Compliance Sparks Concern

By Dorothy Mills-Gregg / January 31, 2025 at 3:34 PM
The Trump administration quietly signaled Thursday it plans to review whether states’ 1115 Medicaid waivers, many of which were approved in the final weeks of the Biden administration, comply with regulatory and statutory requirements -- a move raising new concerns the administration could treat state efforts to use Medicaid dollars for non-health care related costs with a heavy hand. The move, revealed in an obscure paperwork collection notice in the Federal Register , came days after the White House budget...


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