Becker's Healthcare June 21, 2024
The majority of state Medicaid directors want to keep some of the temporary flexibilities CMS introduced during the redeterminations process, according to KFF.
The research organization published its annual survey of state Medicaid directors June 20.
CMS offered states several flexibilities as they worked to redetermine the eligibility of Medicaid beneficiaries for the first time since 2020. Continuous enrollment provisions put in place during the COVID-19 pandemic prevented states from disenrolling Medicaid members no longer eligible for the program until April 2023.
All 50 states surveyed told KFF they implemented strategies to improve their ex parte, or automatic renewal, processes. Thirty-seven states said they increased outreach to enrollees about the renewal process, and 31 increased their engagement with...