Changes in Residential Substance Use Treatment Service Access Resulting From Recent Medicaid Section 1115 Waivers

Insuring the poor through Section 1115 Medicaid waivers.

With the demise of health care reform at the national level, much of the attention has shifted to state-level efforts. Recently, several states have begun looking to the Medicaid program as a way to solve their health care problems. A principal way in which states are implementing health care reform is through the Section 1115 research and demonstration Medicaid waiver program. The 1115 waiver ...

Section 1115 waivers and budget neutrality: using Medicaid funds to expand coverage.

Section 1115 of the Social Security Act permits the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) to waive certain portions of the federal Medicaid Act for a fiveyear demonstration project, if the demonstration is budget neutral to the federal government. Once the budget neutrality test is met, the Secretary, through the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA), can grant a...

How Will Section 1115 Medicaid Expansion Demonstrations Inform Federal Policy?

Section 1115 of the Social Security Act allows the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and states to test innovations in Medicaid and other public welfare programs without formal legislative action. Six states currently operate their Medicaid expansions as demonstrations and several more are expected to seek permission to do so. While the current Medicaid expansion demonstrations vary,...

An Overview of Recent Section 1115 Medicaid Demonstration Waiver Activity, May 2012 - Policy Brief

Section 1115 Medicaid demonstration waivers provide states an avenue to test new approaches in Medicaid that differ from federal program rules. Waivers can provide states significant flexibility in how they operate their programs and can have a significant impact on program financing. As such, waivers have important implications for beneficiaries, providers, and states. This brief provides an o...

Out of the black box and into the light: using Section 1115 Medicaid waivers to implement the Affordable Care Act's Medicaid expansion.