Bloomberg Law

Medicaid enrollment could decline if the Trump administration allows states to impose more frequent eligibility determinations for program beneficiaries, an advisory panel warned Friday.

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Commissioner Tricia Brooks said she’s “extremely concerned” about a proposal for more frequent eligibility determinations that would increase administrative burden on state Medicaid staffs. “It seems to me that before we start loading on more frequent stricter verifications, that we need to spend the time to continue to perfect the [current enrollment] systems so that they are working. Because if we put more requirements on top of what’s already there, it’s only going to make the problem worse in certain states,” Brooks said

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