Medicaid State Health Official Letter SHO # 16-007 RE: To Facilitate Successful Re-Entry For Individuals Transitioning From Incarceration To Their Communities

In this letter released on April 28, 2016, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) explained a policy change to the Medicaid Inmate Payment Exclusion that will permit states to receive federal Medicaid reimbursement for services provided to beneficiaries who are former offenders living in state- or locally- run halfway houses. The letter sets out the conditions the housing must meet to be considered community housing, and not a public institution . . .