KFF August 26, 2021
In response to the COVID-19 public health emergency, states and the federal government took a range of actions in Medicaid to enhance capacity to respond to the public health and economic crises. The COVID-19 pandemic had wide ranging effects across Medicaid, impacting providers, beneficiaries, and long-term services and supports (LTSS). States were able to use Medicaid emergency authorities to address specific challenges and make necessary changes as circumstances evolved and new challenges emerged.
Although the federal public health emergency (PHE) remains in place, as vaccine rates increased and COVID-19 cases declined earlier this year, many state-level emergency declarations expired and states started to terminate some Medicaid flexibilities beginning in late Spring and early Summer of 2021. However, the Delta variant...
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