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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has approved New York state’s amendment of its ongoing Medicaid transformation efforts to allow the state to advance health equity, support the delivery of health-related social needs (HRSN) services, and promote workforce development.
The state said the waiver would enable New York to invest nearly $6 billion of federal funding into its healthcare system over the next three years.
In a Jan. 9 letter to New York State Medicaid Director Amir Bassiri, CMS explained that the state is aiming to reduce health disparities across the state through the combination of a Medicaid Hospital Global Budget Initiative, HRSN services and activities, workforce initiatives, and the establishment of a Health Equity Regional Organization (HERO).