American Hospital Association May 20, 2019
Despite some progress in transparency related to the process for Section 1115 Medicaid waivers, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ “approach to ensuring transparency when states propose major changes to their demonstrations has significant gaps,” the Government Accountability Office said in a report released Friday. “The lack of policies for ensuring transparency when states make major changes to pending applications and limited transparency requirements applied for amendments – which are being used by some states...