CMS defends its added medical-frailty test
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesFederal agency litigation position documented in the October 29 opinion
CMS argues that the statute leaves room to exclude some people within the listed subcategories from the medical-frailty exemption.
“Action: Defended the additional impairment test, arguing that the term medically frail need not cover every person within the statutory subcategories.”
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States challenge CMS's medically frail exemption test; the agency defends its authority
States challenged CMS's requirement that medical frailty significantly impair a person's ability to meet Medicaid work requirements. CMS defended the test. An October 29 ruling struck that added condition while upholding two other challenged provisions.
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The court rejects CMS's additional impairment test, upholds two other challenged provisions and grants a limited enforcement stay.
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The plaintiff states challenge an added condition in CMS's medical-frailty definition.
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The court rejects that interpretation and vacates the additional impairment requirement.
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The case concerns CMS's added exemption condition. The government defends it.
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