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 What Is the Medicaid Global Waiver?
The Rhode Island Global Consumer Choice Compact Waiver is also known as the "Global Waiver" or "Medicaid Global Waiver". The General Assembly authorized the Executive Office of Health & Human Services and the RI Department of Human Services to seek a Global Medicaid Waiver from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). The Global Medicaid Waiver would include all Medicaid populations and services in one waiver, ending the existing RIte Care waiver, long-term care waivers and other separate waivers. The new waiver would provide a fixed amount of federal funds over the 5-year term of the waiver, instead of the existing federal match rate for each state dollar invested in Medicaid. The application for the waiver was submitted August 8, 2008 . The General Assembly reserved the right to revoke the authority to implement the global waiver if the terms and conditions negotiated with CMS are not adequate.
The Following Related Documents Are Availible in PDF  : DHS Presentation from Public Meeting regarding Global Waiver
The Department of Human Services will held a Public Meeting on Monday, November 10, at Rhode Island College. During the meeting, Director Alexander presented an update on the status of the Global Waiver negotiations . View the presentation here. Center on Budget and Policy Priorities' report, "RI's Medicaid Proposal Would Put Beneficiaries at Risk and Undermine the Federal-State Partnership." Testimony from Elizabeth Burke Bryant, Executive Director of Rhode Island KIDS COUNT, presented at the joint House and Senante finance committee hearing on the waiver held on August 5, and testimony from Joan Alker, Deputy Director of the Center for Children and Families, Georgetown University Health Policy Institute, also presented at the August 5 hearing. Letter to Michael O. Leavitt, Secretary of United States Department of Health and Human Services
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