1115 Waiver Rescission – What It Means for Texas
April 20, 2021
Last week, the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services rescinded approval of Texas’ 1115 Medicaid Waiver extension. This bureaucratic-sounding agreement — the 1115 Medicaid Waiver — provides a vital, 11-figure stream of federal funding to Texas hospitals that provide care to Texans without health insurance. Such care is known as uncompensated care. It stems...
