Medicaid Waiver, SCHIP, SSI

Medicaid Waiver, SCHIP, SSI, Katie Beckett, TEFRA, etc.

Medicaid Waivers Waivers are programs that states can use to test new or existing ways to deliver and pay for health care services in Medicaid and the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP).  These vary from state to state.

Information about these waivers and SCHIP can be found on the web sites listed below.   If you “google search” on medicaid waivers you will find many more references.

A link to Social Security’s SSI program is also included below.

• Kids Waivers:  Medicaid, Katie Beckett, TEFRA & more
• Wikipedia information about Waivers.
  
• Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) information about Waivers
  
• Home & Community-Based Services 1915(c)
  
• State SCHIP programs.
  
• Social Security’s Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program information