“… CMS has made significant improvements in administering the Medicaid program in partnership with states. Identified early as a priority for both the Trump Administration and the National Association of Medicaid Directors (NAMD), I charged a CMS team to collaborate with states to make the state plan amendment (SPA) and 1915 waiver review process more transparent, efficient, and less burdensome so we can reduce processing times…”
“… To facilitate collaboration, we formed a federal-state workgroup with representatives from more than a dozen states.”
“The data speaks for itself…” Read the full press release here.
Source: CMS Streamlines Medicaid Review Process and Reduces Approval Times so States Can More Effectively Manage Their Programs – By Seema Verma, May 7, 2019. CMS.