Global Medicaid WaiverApproved in January 2009, the Global Medicaid Waiver includes 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 provides a fixed amount of federal funds (or "cap") over the 5-year term of the waiver, instead of the previous federal match rate for each state dollar invested in Medicaid. The Rhode Island Global Consumer Choice Compact Waiver  also is known as the "Global Waiver" or the "Global Medicaid Waiver". The Global Waiver is administered by the Executive Office of Health and Human Services.
Read the new report - An Independent Evaluation of the RI Global Waiver - released December 6, 2011. Waiver Implementation TaskforceIn 2009, the Rhode Island General Assembly passed Medicaid Reform Legislation (H-5112C and S-0053Aaa ) to accompany the Global Waiver. This legislation required the creation of a Rhode Island Global Waiver Taskforce, which would “collaboratively with the executive office of health and human services and the department of human services to plan, design, and implement changes to the Medicaid program under the demonstration and to evaluate the impact of such changes and of the demonstration.”
2012 Global Waiver Implementation Taskforce Meeting Schedule Information on the Global Waiver Taskforce Members and its Workgroups can be found at http://www.eohhs.ri.gov/gwtf/workgroups/ Reports and other documents pertaining to the Global Waiver can be found at http://www.eohhs.ri.gov/global/documents/
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