Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) Between CMS And The State of Washington Regarding A Federal-State Partnership to Test a Managed Fee-for-Service Financial Alignment Model for Medicare-Medicaid Enrollees: HealthPathWashington

October 1, 2012
In October 2012, The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to establish a Federal-State partnership between CMS and the State of Washington (the Washington State Health Authority/Washington State Department of Social & Health Services) to implement HealthPathWashington: A Medicare and Medicaid Integration Project, Managed Fee-for-Service Model. The Federal-State partnership will provide the state with a new opportunity to establish a care management program for Medicare-Medicaid enrollees meeting high- cost/high-risk criteria that will coordinate services across Medicare and Medicaid, and allow the State . . .