4 Ways That 1115 Medicaid Demonstrations Can Address Health Equity

Health Payer Intelligence February 23, 2022
Kelsey Waddill

Section 1115 Medicaid demonstrations can help reduce care disparities among underserved populations in various ways.

Medicaid programs can use 1115 Medicaid demonstration waivers to expand health equity in four key ways, by expanding eligibility and benefits, filling gaps left by the Affordable Care Act, and offering more funding to providers to address their communities’ health equity needs, according to an issue brief from Manatt Health.

First, the public payer programs can use these demonstrations to expand eligibility. The issue brief outlined four ways that states can use 1115 Medicaid demonstration waivers to bolster eligibility and, as a result, expand access to care.

States can utilize the waivers to implement global eligibility expansion, which enhances the program’s eligibility overall....

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