CMS Rule: State Relief & Empowerment Waivers

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released this rule on October 24, 2018. Its guidance relates to section 1332 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) and its implementing regulations. It provides supplementary information about the requirements that must be met for the approval of a State Innovation Waiver, the Secretaries’ application review procedures, the calculation of pass-through funding, certain analytical requirements, and operational considerations . . .