Six Takeaways from a New White Paper for Payers on Pandemic Driven Medicaid and ACA Expansion

MCOL August 21, 2020
Clive Riddle

Change Healthcare has just released a 13-page white paper: Pandemic-Driven Medicaid and ACA Expansion: Impacts and Considerations for Payers, that “details expected changes in the composition of national Medicaid and ACA member populations, and explores the potential financial consequences of the pandemic on payers.”

Here are six takeaways from their report:

1. Five states with the biggest percentage jump in Medicaid enrollment from Feb 2020 to May 2020: Florida – 9.8%, Missouri – 8.8%, Wisconsin – 8.5%, Minnesota – 8.4%, Kentucky – 8.1%
2. Of those with employer-sponsored -care that are losing coverage, nearly half are eligible for Medicaid, and an additional 31% are eligible for marketplace subsidies.
3. Expect enrollment backlogs: “Typically, a new Medicaid member is assigned to a Managed...

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