In December 2021, CMS approved Arkansas’ Section 1115 waiver request which would replace the state’s current Medicaid expansion program, Arkansas Works, with the Arkansas Health and Opportunity for Me (ARHOME) program. In some states, these included previously-approved Section 1115 work requirements that have since been withdrawn by CMS under the Biden Administration.

Coverage under the Medicaid expansion became effective Januin all states that have adopted the Medicaid expansion except for the following: Michigan (), New Hampshire (), Pennsylvania (), Indiana (), Alaska (), Montana (), Louisiana (), Virginia (), Maine ( with coverage retroactive to ), Idaho (), Utah (), Nebraska (), Oklahoma (), Missouri (Processing applications beginning with coverage retroactive to ), South Dakota (Planned for ), and North Carolina (Contingent upon passage of SFY 2023-2024 biennial budget appropriations).Īrizona, Arkansas, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Montana, and Utah have approved Section 1115 waivers to operate their Medicaid expansion programs in ways not otherwise allowed under federal law.

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