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What the Recent Medicaid 1115 Waiver Approvals in Massachusetts and Oregon Tell us About the Future of Medicaid Innovation
CMS recently approved Massachusetts and Oregon’s Medicaid 1115 waivers, paving the way for new reforms, expanded access, and innovative programming. Within these multi-hundred page documents are clues as to where the Federal government wants Medicaid programs to go and what changes you may see in other proposed waivers
Biden Administration’s First Attempt to Use Social Risk to Adjust Health Care Spending Leaves Marginalized Communities Behind
The ACO REACH offering was billed as the first value-based offering from CMMI to explicitly support health equity–but our analysis shows that the tool used to measure social risk would shift resources away from dense, urban cities with high Black and Latino populations to largely rural areas in the South.
New York State Submits $13.52 Billion Medicaid Ask to CMS
New York State has formally submitted its Medicaid 1115 waiver proposal to the federal government. See what’s in the final proposal!
CMS Provides Updates on Its Focus on Health Equity
HSG analyzes the latest CMS update on its health equity focus.
ACOs, Start Your Engines; CMS Gives 120+ ACO REACH Applicants the Green Light
After a rushed launch and hurried application timeline, CMS announces fewer than half ACO REAH applicants have been invited to participate in the latest value-based model for Medicare beneficiaries.