Medicaid Policy
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Medicaid policy signals this week point to tighter eligibility administration and more constrained financing just as states and plans are being pushed toward value-based approaches for high-cost populations. Work requirements and verification complexity could destabilize coverage for medically fragile SSI applicants and other chronically ill adults, raising churn and risk-selection concerns for ACOs, Medicaid MCOs, FQHCs, and provider-led population health programs (KFF on SSI applicants). At the same time, states are testing targeted benefit and payment strategies—such as Indiana’s planned GLP-1 coverage under the BALANCE model—while hospitals are warning that proposed state-directed payment limits under OBBBA could weaken Medicaid financing, intensifying pressure to prove ROI through risk contracts, dual-eligible models, and avoidable-cost reduction (HFMA on SDP rule concerns).
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