CMS has issued multiple grant awards totaling almost $52 million to states before the end of FY07, completing the award of transformation grants authorized by the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (DRA). The DRA appropriated $150 million for grant funds to states for the adoption of innovative methods to improve effectiveness and efficiency in providing medical assistance under Medicaid. In January, CMS awarded slightly more than $98 million for 31 grants to 26 states.
In the second round of grants just awarded, 17 grant awards were made to 16 states and Puerto Rico to implement programs for reducing patient error rates and Medicaid waste, fraud, and abuse; increasing the use of generic drugs; improving access to primary and specialty physician care for the uninsured; establishing medication risk management programs; and improving rates of collection from estates owed under Medicaid. Access the list of second-round grantee states.
