In Law360, Brett Friedman Discusses Implications of CMS Repealed Guidance on Medicaid Health-Related Social Needs

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently repealed Biden administration guidance for health-related social needs of low-income people who may face challenges getting healthy food and funds to help pay for transportation, housing and nutrition services.

In a Law360 article, health care partner Brett Friedman, who previously served as New York Deputy Commissioner and State Medicaid Director, explained that the Trump administration may want to put its own stamp on Medicaid efforts to address health-related social needs.

Brett said that U.S. state governments may respond by pursuing less ambitious, smaller-scale initiatives that do not rely on a Section 1115 waiver, the legal process that allows Medicaid demonstration projects.