Oklahoma Submits State Plan Amendment Seeking To Expand Medicaid

On March 6, 2020, the Oklahoma Health Care Authority (OHCA) announced it had submitted a Medicaid state plan amendment to expand eligibility to the new adult group ages 19 to 64 with incomes at or below 133% of the federal poverty level. The requested effective date is July 1, 2020, contingent upon approval by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). The state is also developing plans for SoonerCare 2.0, (Oklahoma’s Medicaid program) which is based on implementing the new Medicaid Healthy Adult Opportunity waiver in a five-year demonstration, no sooner than July 1, 2021. OHCA . . .