Washington Medicaid Health Home Program Termination; Draft Phase-Out Plan

On August 21, 2015, the Washington State Health Care Authority (HCA) issued a draft plan for phasing out its Medicaid Health Home program by December 31, 2015. The phase out plan is needed because for the state budget year that started July 1, 2015, the legislature provided no funding for the Medicaid Health Home program beyond December 31. HCA accepted public comment on the draft phase out plan through September 21, 2015, and on September 23 submitted the draft plan, timeline, proposed consumer notices, and the stakeholder comments to the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS . . .