Medicaid Block Grant Proposal Under Review At OMB

By James Romoser / June 6, 2019 at 6:53 PM
The White House Office of Management and Budget has begun its review of a planned CMS guidance letter that stakeholders expect will allow states to convert their federal Medicaid funding into some form of a block grant. The letter was sent to OMB on Tuesday (June 4) for a regulatory review, according to a notice on OMB’s website. CMS has not released any details about the contents of the letter, which is titled “State Medicaid Director Letter: Medicaid Value and...


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