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29 states have been granted Medicaid waivers to provide more flexibility in providing care amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.
Published April 1, 2020
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has approved the Medicaid waiver requests of 29 states under section 1135 of the Social Security Act in response to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.
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The waivers grant states some needed flexibility to focus resources on helping Medicaid recipients get the treatment they need during the pandemic.
The states with approved waivers include:
Some of the deregulation afforded by the waivers eases prior authorizations and provider enrollment requirements, suspends certain pre-admission reviews for nursing homes and facilitates reimbursement to providers for care delivered in alternative settings because of evacuations.
“These waivers give a broad range of states the regulatory relief and support they need to more quickly and effectively care for their most vulnerable citizens,” CMS Administrator Seema Verma.2
The waivers are effective from March 1, 2020, until termination of the public health emergency.
Around 20 percent of all Medicare beneficiaries are dual eligible, meaning they are enrolled in both Medicare and Medicaid.
Some of the actions that state Medicaid programs may now take as a result of the waivers include:
The COVID-19 outbreak is rapidly evolving, and more state updates may be issued in coming days.
Christian Worstell is a senior Medicare and health insurance writer with MedicareAdvantage.com. He is also a licensed health insurance agent. Christian is well-known in the insurance industry for the thousands of educational articles he’s written, helping Americans better understand their health insurance and Medicare coverage.
..Christian Worstell is a senior Medicare and health insurance writer with MedicareAdvantage.com. He is also a licensed health insurance agent. Christian is well-known in the insurance industry for the thousands of educational articles he’s written, helping Americans better understand their health insurance and Medicare coverage.
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