March, 2015
Iowa secured a temporary, one-year waiver of NEMT and was required to evaluate the impact of the waiver on access to care (CMS 2014b). In its September 2014 request to continue the exclusion in year two, the state reported that enrollees are using services and therefore access has not been affected without NEMT. Even so, […]
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MACPAC (citing Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. 2014d. Section 1115 of the Social Security Act Medicaid demonstration: Iowa Medicaid healthy behaviors program and premium monitoring protocols. July 3, 2014. Baltimore, MD: CMS. Iowa Department of Human Services (Iowa). 2014c. Iowa Health and Wellness Plan proposed non-emergency medical transportation waiver amendment)
March, 2015
According to MACPAC, NEMT services are covered in 23 of 42 separate CHIP programs.
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MACPAC
