Medicaid – Navigating The Shifting Tides  

The last twelve months have been an adventure for specialty provider organizations planning a Medicaid strategy.;Changes in the federal framework for the program from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS);and changes at the state level are making planning a challenge.

Over the past two years, CMS has changed policies—allowing the use of Medicaid funds for a range of social support services (see;State Medicaid Managed Care Plans Can Spend Up To 5% Of Premiums On Social Determinants Of Health). Another of the many changes is that starting March 9, 2024, hospitals can . . .