CMS Denies New York’s Request For $8 Billion In Medicaid Waiver Funds To Continue The DSRIP

On March 31, 2020, federal approval expired for the New York Medicaid Delivery System Reform Incentive Payment Program (DSRIP). The New York Department of Health (DOH) had asked the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to extend the DSRIP in two phases. The first phase would have extended the waiver through March 2021 and allowed the state to use $625 million in unspent funds from its original $7.4 billion program. The second phase, stretching into March 2024, sought $8 billion more in federal funding to continue the DSRIP. However, on February 21, 2020, CMS notified the New York . . .