Arkansas Department Of Human Services Letter To The Centers For Medicare & Medicaid Services Seeking A Temporary Extension For The ARHOME Medicaid Waiver

The letter was sent by the Arkansas Department of Human Services (DHS) to the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to request a two-year extension to the state's Medicaid 1115 waiver called Arkansas Health and Opportunity for Me (ARHOME). CMS has told the state that it would not approve the state's waiver renewal request. CMS said the waiver is not sustainable because it reliies on state-directed payments, which CMS will no longer approve. In this request for an extension, DHS said it plans to develop a waiver platform that meets federal requirements for sustainability . . .