Health Reward Stat of the Day – Oct 22

Medicaid programs operate beneficiary incentive programs under various authorities. To date, most states have used Section 1115 Medicaid demonstration waivers that include beneficiary incentives for healthy behaviors to operate their programs.13 Some states have used Section 1915(b) waivers and Medicaid managed care organizations to offer incentives.14 Other states have operated incentive programs as state plan amendments under the Deficit Reduction Act (DRA)15 or as pilot or demonstration programs.16