Arizona Medicaid Zeroes in on Housing to Trim Health Disparities

Arizona’s Medicaid program has gotten the go-ahead for an initiative that seeks to bolster the health of its nearly 37,000 homeless and at-risk residents by alleviating hurdles to housing.

Under a demonstration project approved by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Arizona Medicaid will provide up to six months of transitional housing services for individuals moving from insecure environments like homeless shelters and group/foster homes.

State residents without access to stable housing often lack the ability to effectively enroll in health-care services, the CMS said Friday. This lack in health-care access often leads to physical and psychological roadblocks ...