HMP Global March 1, 2023
As of October 2022, more than 91 million people were enrolled in Medicaid and CHIP. The special continuous enrollment provision implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic meant states couldn’t automatically disenroll members, and numbers grew.
Now it’s been 3 years since Medicaid enrollees have had to think about recertifying their eligibility to maintain benefits. In fact, some have never been through the process at all if they were new to the plan during the public health emergency (PHE).
But continuous enrollment will end on March 31, 2023, and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) estimates a period of heightened member churn. Specifically, the agency estimates 8.2 million people currently on Medicaid will become ineligible for benefits, and 6.8...