Medicaid Guidance: State Plan Amendment & 1915 Waiver Process Improvements To Improve Transparency & Efficiency & Reduce Burden
On November 6, 2017, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released this informational bulletin on state plan Amendment (SPA) and 1915 waiver improvements to improve transparency and efficiency, and reduce burden. In the plan, CMS developed these short-term SPA and 1915 waiver process improvements:
Earlier SPA and waiver review
SPA and 1915 waiver toolkits
Reduction of the pending SPA backlog
Expanding MACPro to additional SPA authorities
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