Right now, January 29, the Facilities for Medicare & Medicaid Companies (CMS) introduced that 10 well being expertise corporations, 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 underneath President Trump’s Working Households Tax Reduce (WFTC) laws.
Firms that presently help state Medicaid methods 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 methods. In keeping 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 means of employment, training, volunteering, or job coaching, CMS said. CMS issued steerage to states in late 2025 that offered an outline of those necessities.
“Group engagement isn’t just a coverage requirement—it is a chance for states to modernize Medicaid methods whereas strengthening connections to work, training, and neighborhood‑primarily based alternatives,” CMS Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz stated in a press release.
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 further strategies for buying and procuring expertise options. In partnership with the Normal Companies Administration (GSA), CMS is working to streamline pathways for certified distributors to acquire a GSA Schedule, permitting states to acquire expertise options extra rapidly and at clear costs.
States are required to implement neighborhood engagement necessities by January 1, 2027, and should accomplish that earlier.
