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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) approved a five-year extension of Mississippi’s “Healthier Mississippi” section 1115 demonstration through September 30, 2029. The Healthier Mississippi demonstration, first approved on September 10, 2004, covers individuals who are aged, blind, and disabled with income at or below 135 percent of the federal poverty level (FPL) who are not eligible for Medicare and are not eligible under the Medicaid state plan. The state did not request changes with this extension, but rather sought to continue the operations of the current demonstration without any changes.

The demonstration is effective from October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2029. Today’s approval and other administrative documents can be found on the Medicaid.gov demonstration page.