Indiana Asks for Changes to Medicaid from Feds

Able-bodied adults insured through the Healthy Indiana Plan may soon be required to make copayments.  The Indiana Family and Social Services Administration intends to seek a five-year waiver through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid to revive a modified version of the agency's cost-sharing model under a new iteration of HIP, known as HIP 3.0.  If approved, the waiver would reintroduce cost-sharing - not to exceed 5% of a member's family income - and implement flexible enrollment caps for HIP as needed.  The program currently serves Indiana's Medicaid expansion population.