CMS Fact Sheet About Rhode Island Global Consumer Choice Compact

February 18, 2009 Rhode Island’s Global Medicaid Waiver saved the state about $100 million on its Medicaid spending in fiscal year 2010. The federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) approved the waiver, officially called the Rhode Island Global Consumer Choice Compact, in January 2009; it runs through 2013. According to a CMS fact sheet about the Rhode Island Global Consumer Choice Compact, the demonstration is a single, statewide 1115(a) Medicaid waiver. Download the Report . . .