CMS Disapproval Letter For Healthy Ohio Medicaid 1115 Waiver Application

On September 9, 2016, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued this disapproval letter for the Healthy Ohio Medicaid 1115 waiver application. The waiver’s purpose was to allow Ohio to charge premiums to able-bodied adults in the state Medicaid program. In the letter, CMS rejected Ohio's application because it does not further Medicaid program objectives . . .