Opinion: Texas Medicaid seeks to improve women's health, save tax
Early in December, the federal government gave verbal approval to Texas ' request for a Medicaid waiver to give extensive health screenings and birth control to 1.5 million uninsured women. Under Texas ' five-year demonstration project,
Did you know: Medicaid Waiver Information at CMS
CMS maintains a listing of state Medicaid waiver and waiver applications on its website, at http://www.cms.hhs.gov/MedicaidStWaivProgDemoPGI/MWDL/list.asp A clickable state map that will generate a listing of individual state waivers is
PRES-08: The Tommy Thompson Question
He also created the BadgerCare program, designed to provide health coverage to those families whose employers don't provide health insurance but make too much money to qualify for Medicaid. Through the federal waiver program,
Ode to Medicaid Waiver @ TRPDD
Medicaid Waiver is a Division of TRPDDCovering eight counties including Pontotoc and Lee,Chickasaw, Itawamba, and MonroeAre just some of the places that Case Managers go.Calhoun, Lafayette and Union,
Great Audio
The reason that I found this audio file particularly interesting, aside from the fact that my parents care for my 93 year old grandmother and that my first state government project was on a Medicaid waiver system, is that the story
This Is A Blogger You Need To Know. He's In Alabama.
Alabama Medicaid lawsuit. The lawsuit, along with pressure from state and federal officials and the media, led to the creation of the waiver program to allow up to 25 Alabamians on ventilators to continue to receive in-home care after
What Is Medicaid? What Are Waivers?
I want to explain to my readers what Medicaid is, and what Medicaid waivers Anyhow, this is what waivers are, states "waiving" normal Medicaid rules There's another waiver only for those with HIV, implemented right after mine,
Health Care Safety Net Grows a Notch in Nevada
The state just took the federal government up on a Medicaid waiver that extends health insurance to pregnant women who are poor, but made just a little too much money to quality for Medicaid help. Newly elected Assembly Speaker Barbara
Medicaid waiver will help pay insurance costs
The federal government approved a Medicaid waiver yesterday for Massachusetts that will provide $1.2 billion over three years and allow the state to implement its universal health insurance law. Doyle names health care task force
Using the Shriver Center Website
Background materials for Illinois’ Medicaid waiver program; Report on effective community organizing on healthcare issues; Case study of Illinois’s path to universal health coverage for children. Shriver Center Litigation

Nebraska HHS System: Nebraska's Aged Disabled Medicaid Waiver
The Aged and Disabled Medicaid Waiver is a service system based upon the belief This waiver allows Medicaid money to be used to purchase the following
VERMONTS GLOBAL COMMITMENT WAIVER: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE MEDICAID
that could receive Medicaid funds under the Global Commitment waiver. The “Global Commitment” waiver is a Section 1115 Medicaid waiver that the federal
Medicaid/SCHIP: Waivers - Kaiser Family Foundation
Vermont's Global Commitment Waiver: Implications for the Medicaid Program This fact sheet summarizes the main themes of Florida's Medicaid waiver and
Medicaid Waiver Programs in Ohio
Information about the different waiver programs offered in the state of Ohio to people who have disabilities.
2001.05.09: (Fact Sheet) Medicaid and SCHIP Waivers: Promoting
Today, every state has received and implemented at least one Medicaid program waiver, often to provide home- and community-based services as an alternative
Overview of the Utah Section 1115 Waiver
Medicaid waiver proposal submitted by the state of Utah. significant changes in its Medicaid program. The waiver reduces coverage for previously
Families USA: Waiver Tool Box
Table: Status and Selected Features of State Medicaid Section 1115 Waiver Applications and Concept Papers as of August 25, 2006
Pathways Plus: Medicaid Waiver Providers Search Page
This page provides access to information on Medicaid Waiver Providers in Wyoming. Developed in cooperation with Wyoming's Developmental Disabilities
Introducing the Medicaid Family Planning Waiver Benefit - December
Wisconsin will implement the new Medicaid Family Planning Waiver Program (FPWP), a Medicaid benefit, effective January 1, 2003.
Programs and Services - In-Home Services - Medicaid Waiver for the
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