The waiver application aligns with Arizona legislation passed in 2015 that requires AHCCCS to request (annually) the federal agency's approval to institute a work requirement for all “able-bodied adults” receiving Medicaid services, place a lifetime limit of five years of Medicaid benefits on “able-bodied adults” and develop and...Arizona News
The Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS), which covers 2 million low-income Arizonans and Arizonans with disabilities, is pitching a five-year lifetime limit on services and work requirements for certain enrollees.
As of January, adults ages 18 to 64 made up 54% of AHCCCS enrollment, totaling 1.1 million members....CMS Rules
This week, the Supreme Court suspended hearings on Medicaid work requirements as other Trump era Medicaid policies come under fire. Plus, states aren't quite meeting reporting requirements and more reporting adjustments could be on the way.
The U.S. Supreme Court suspended its review of the Medicaid work requirements and removed the...Arizona News
With over 2 million Arizonans enrolled in AHCCCS, Medicaid has a huge responsibility for impacting population health in the state. Despite past innovation, AHCCCS says it has an opportunity and obligation to do more.
The goals of modernizing Arizona Medicaid are to:
Engage Arizonans to take charge of their health
Make Medicaid...Arizona News
Medicaid work requirements, which the Trump administration has strongly backed, are on hold in many states following federal district court and appellate court rulings holding that such policies are not consistent with the statutory objective of the Medicaid program to provide coverage, according to Modern Healthcare.
Of the 10...
A federal appeals court has upheld a lower court's decision to strike down Arkansas’ Medicaid work requirements initiative.
The United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. circuit voted unanimously on Feb. 14, decrying the federal government’s approval of the state’s program.
They decided the Arkansas system...
Last Thursday, the Trump Administration approved a request by the state of South Carolina to impose Medicaid work requirements. Nearly two dozen states have sought to implement Medicaid work requirements, but programs in three states have been set aside by the courts and Arizona suspended its AHCCCS Works program as other state court...
In a letter dated Oct. 17, the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS) notified the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) that it will postpone implementation of AHCCCS works until further notice, citing ongoing court battles over Medicaid work requirements and the "evolving national landscape concerning...
As AHCCCS preps its community outreach efforts for the agency's pending work requirement program in Arizona, U.S. District Judge James Boasberg ruled on Monday that New Hampshire's design poses even greater concerns as the work programs he blocked in Arkansas and Kentucky earlier this year.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid...Arizona News
On Friday, January 18, The Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS) received 1115 Waiver Amendment approval from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to begin implementing work requirements next year - the move is predicted to impact about 120,000 able bodied AHCCCS members ages 19 to 49; beginning April 2019...Arizona News
The change was announced during the State Medicaid Advisory Committee meeting in Phoenix on Wednesday.
The announcement comes after CMS rejected Kansas' request for a 3-year lifetime limit on Medicaid benefits.
Arizona's Medicaid program, the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System, is obligated by a 2015 statute to annually...
