MassHealth Medicaid & Children’s Health Insurance Plan (CHIP) Section 1115 Demonstration Amendment Approval

On December 9, 2024, the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published this approval of the MassHealth Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Plan (CHIP) Section 1115 Demonstration amendment. Through the amendment, expenditure authority was approved for Massachusetts to provide limited coverage for a targeted set of services furnished to certain incarcerated individuals immediately before the individual’s expected release date . . .