Secretary of Health and Human Services Tommy Thompson approved a Utah Medicaid demonstration waiver to expand benefits for primary care and preventive services to about 25,000 Utah residents who otherwise would not have access to health coverage.  The waiver allows Utah's Medicaid program to reduce some benefits to current Medicaid eligible adults in order to reallocate these funds to offer some coverage to working individuals who have no health care coverage in the workplace.

Links to documents about the waiver:

• Background on Utah's New Medicaid Waiver by Rod L.Betit, Executive Director, Utah Department of Heath, dated February 9, 2002
• Special Terms and Conditions (STCs)
• 1115 Demonstration Waiver Request for the Primary Care Network of Utah
• A chart comparing the waiver to the CHIP and Medicaid programs:

For more information, contact Stephen P. McDonald at 801-538-7099.