'It has made my life a lot easier': New Ohio program pays people to care for their loved ones at home

In Ohio, the average cost of in-home care can be more than $60,000 a year. A new program allows caregivers to receive a ...
The Commonwealth Fund

How Will States Implement the Behavioral Health Exemption to Medicaid Work Requirements?

H.R. 1, the tax and spending law passed in 2025, requires states to implement work requirements for expanded Medicaid ...
WVXU

FSSA says changes to key eligibility assessment for Medicaid waiver services take effect July 1

Holly Wimsatt, director of the Bureau of Disabilities Services within FSSA, said the agency is introducing new evaluation tools specifically designed for children and infants. She also said a ...
Becker's Hospital Review

Study: With Medicaid waivers, parents of autistic children more likely to work

Medicaid waivers targeting children with autism spectrum disorder also help their parents remain employed, according to a study from Penn State College of Medicine and collaborators. For the study, ...
WVXU

FSSA reopens Medicaid waiver slots, but only covers about a third of 13,000 Hoosiers on waitlists

The Indiana Family and Social Services Administration will release more than 2,600 slots for the Pathways waiver and about 1,800 slots for the Health and Wellness waiver, according to the agency’s ...
Heartland

Research & Commentary: Federal Waiver Can Save Virginia’s Medicaid Program

The continuing growth in states’ Medicaid programs has placed a severe financial strain on state budgets. In fiscal year 2024, Medicaid was the largest category of total state spending, consuming 29.8 ...