Verma Says Guidance On Medicaid Block Grants Is Coming Soon

CMS will soon release a highly anticipated guidance letter that will invite states to use federal block grants to cover non-disabled adult Medicaid beneficiaries, Administrator Seema Verma said Tuesday (Nov. 12). The guidance on block grant financing has been under review at the White House budget office since June , but Verma has not spoken publicly about the guidance until now. “Many states have expressed a willingness to be held accountable for improving outcomes in exchange for greater flexibility and...