Healthcare Innovation November 28, 2022
NAMD is asking Congress to provide certainty on when Medicaid coverage redeterminations will begin, with at least 120 days advance notice
The National Association of Medicaid Directors (NAMD) has written a letter to congressional leaders seeking clarity around when and how the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) will end. The lack of clarity about whether there will be another extension “exacerbates the uncertainties for state planning to resume normal Medicaid operations,” the letter states.
Since there was no announcement from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services that the PHE will end in January 2023, states are now assuming the PHE will extend into April 2023.
“The uncertainty around the PHE is no longer tenable,” the letter said.
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