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Industry Note:

Most States Are Using Emergency Waivers

Published on Fri Apr 03, 2020

The vast majority of states, 41 at press time, now have Section 1135 waivers approved to address COVID-19 issues. At press time, Georgia was the most recent state to receive Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services waiver approval for Medicaid. See the waiver approvals at www.medicaid.gov/resources-for-states/disaster-response-toolkit/federal-disaster-resources/index.html.See the Kaiser Family Foundation Medicaid waiver tracker at www.kff.org/medicaid/issue-brief/medicaid-emergency-authority-tracker-approved-state-actions-to-address-covid-19.
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