Fierce HealthIT
January 19, 2012
Half of states boasted easier enrollment into the Medicaid program last year by revamping decades-old systems and streamlining eligibility and enrollment systems, according a report [1] released yesterday by the Kaiser Family Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, conducted with the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families.
The 50-state survey of the Medicaid program found that some states maintained enrollment for the low-income population to receive coverage, attributed to updated technology. Recent federal funding helped states to modernize eligibility and enrollment systems, Government Health IT reported [2].