At this time, January 29, the Facilities for Medicare & Medicaid Providers (CMS) introduced that 10 well being expertise firms, which have already got Medicaid eligibility and enrollment contracts with states, have voluntarily dedicated to serving to states put together for and perform Medicaid neighborhood engagement necessities established below President Trump’s Working Households Tax Reduce (WFTC) laws.
Firms that at the moment help state Medicaid techniques have knowledgeable CMS that they intend to supply states greater than $600 million in no-cost and discounted expertise services to help neighborhood engagement implementation and speed up the broader modernization of Medicaid techniques. In line with the press launch, these voluntary commitments are anticipated to generate important financial savings for states and taxpayers over the approaching years and to enhance the beneficiary expertise.
The neighborhood engagement necessities of the WFTC laws apply to sure adults enrolled in Medicaid and will empower these beneficiaries by way of employment, schooling, volunteering, or job coaching, CMS acknowledged. CMS issued steerage to states in late 2025 that offered an outline of those necessities.
“Group engagement is not only a coverage requirement—it is a chance for states to modernize Medicaid techniques whereas strengthening connections to work, schooling, and neighborhood‑primarily based alternatives,” CMS Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz stated in an announcement.
Firms voluntarily collaborating embrace Accenture, Acentra Well being, Conduent, GDIT, Deloitte, Gainwell, Maximus, Curam by Merative, Optum, and RedMane.
Moreover, CMS is taking steps to assist states entry extra strategies for buying and procuring expertise options. In partnership with the Normal Providers Administration (GSA), CMS is working to streamline pathways for certified distributors to acquire a GSA Schedule, permitting states to obtain expertise options extra rapidly and at clear costs.
States are required to implement neighborhood engagement necessities by January 1, 2027, and will accomplish that earlier.
