The Guam Medicaid Program, administered under the Department of Public Health and Social Services (DPHSS), Division of Public Welfare is providing public notice of its intent to:
(1) submit to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), on or before August 1, 2022, a written 1115 Demonstration application to waive the mandate for the Guam Medicaid Program to participate in the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program (MDRP); and
(2) hold public hearings to receive comments on the 1115 Waiver Demonstration application.
Guam Medicaid is applying under section 1115(a)(1) of the Act to waive section 1902(a)(54), which requires state compliance of section 1927 that mandates participation in the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program (MDRP), and the program is requesting that the waiver be effective January 1, 2023.