State Medicaid Director Letter: Healthy Adult Opportunity

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the guidance on January 30, 2020. It informs state Medicaid directors about the new Healthy Adult Opportunity (HAO) initiative. The initiative will allow states to use flexible benefit designs under either an aggregate or per-capita cap financing model for certain populations without being required to comply with a list of current Medicaid provisions identified by CMS . . .