Georgia medicaid expansion waiver. There are different kinds of 1135 waivers including medicare blanket waivers. The georgia pathways waiver addresses this challenge by providing 408000 georgians with access to obtain affordable health insurance georgias limited medicaid expansion plan is meant to work. Brian kemp is putting together the plan a waiver request to the federal government that might include a limited expansion of georgias medicaid coverage.
Governor kemp and the georgia health care association issued a joint statement on march 16 2020 with new guidance from the centers for medicare and medicaid services. So far seven states expanded medicaid using waivers. The waivers have been linked to a possible expansion.
More information to learn more about covid 19 coronavirus georgia medicaid members and providers should visit the centers for disease control and prevention and georgia. Georgia enacted legislation in 2019 that allows the state to seek federal permission to expand medicaid but only to people earning up to 100 percent of the poverty level as opposed to 138 percent as called for in the acain november 2019 the state unveiled an 1115 waiver proposal that calls for partial medicaid expansion effective in july 2021 that would cover adults age 19 64 with. This plan called an 1115 medicaid waiver can include increasing the medicaid income eligibility to 138 percent of poverty.
Brian kemps administration said it will back a measure seeking federal waivers to medicaid and the affordable care act. If the state wants to receive the higher federal match the plan must cover people making less than 138 of the federal poverty line. In december of 2019 georgia submitted an 1115.
Coronavirus waivers flexibilities in certain circumstances the secretary of the department of health and human services hhs using section 1135 of the social security act ssa can temporarily modify or waive certain medicare medicaid chip or hipaa requirements called 1135 waivers. About 16700 a year for an individual and 28600 a year for a family of three. The following is a list of waiver programs in georgia.
Georgia is one of 14 states that have not fully expanded medicaid under the aca. New options waiver program now and comprehensive supports waiver program comp updated 31020 the now and comp waiver programs provider services and support for people with intellectual or developmental disabilities. Who would be eligible for health coverage.