34 States Approved For Medicaid 1135 Waivers During COVID-19 Public Health Emergency

On March 27, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced it had approved requests from 34 states for Medicaid waiver requests under Section 1135 to give states tools to respond to the COVID-19 public health emergency declared on March 13, 2020. The waivers offer relief on Medicaid prior authorization (PA) and provider…