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Nineteen approved and pending Medicaid Section 1115 waivers address nutrition, with eleven submitted or approved since 2021.
Practitioners should be aware of the increasing number of waivers addressing nutrition in Medicaid.
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We found that 19 approved and pending 1115 waivers address nutrition, with 11 submitted or approved since 2021.
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Based on systematic analysis of state Medicaid applications.
Source
The evolution and scope of Medicaid Section 1115 demonstrations to address nutrition: a US survey
Erika Hanson et al. · Health Affairs Scholar · 2024
DOI 10.1093/haschl/qxae013
Meta-analysisCited 28×
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