Wisconsin’s Maintenance of Effort Waiver Proposals

This week, our In Focus sections reviews a package of Medicaid savings proposals unveiled on September 30, 2011 by Wisconsin’s Department of Health Services (DHS). The proposals are required under Act 32, the state’s FY 2011-2013 biennial budget, which directed DHS to identify nearly $445 million in total Medicaid savings, in addition to other projected increases in expenditures.

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