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Self-Help Tools and Tutorials Are Critical to Implementing Medicaid Work Reporting Requirements
Last week we updated our scan of Medicaid renewal tutorials and self-help tools in advance of implementation of semi-annual renewals for the Medicaid expansion group starting in 2027. For all enrollees, not just expansion adults, it’s important for states to keep these resources updated and relevant. And it’s not too early to start thinking about…
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Let’s Start a Conversation about Data to Monitor the Impact of H.R. 1’s Work Reporting Requirements
Monitoring the implementation of work reporting requirements in Medicaid will be incredibly important to assessing the policy’s impact, identifying bottlenecks or glitches in the system, and enabling rapid response to address problems. We have a baseline of data from the Medicaid performance indicators, which have been in place since 2014, and were expanded to more…
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Maximizing the Use of Self-Help Resources Should Be a Priority as HR 1 Policies Are Implemented
As the 41 states that expanded Medicaid to low-income adults under the Affordable Care Act, approach the implementation of H.R. 1’s federally mandated semi-annual renewals, we thought it would be helpful to review how states handled the daunting task of outreach during the unwinding of the pandemic-era Medicaid continuous coverage provision. During the unwinding, we…
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Getting MAGI Right: When Does Social Security Income Count?
When the Affordable Care Act was implemented, we released a primer on the basics of MAGI – how rules for counting household size and income to determine eligibility for Medicaid and CHIP were changed to align with Marketplace subsidies. The move to MAGI has brought about a number of changes in Medicaid and CHIP, but…
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How Will We Know if States are Ready to Implement HR 1 and Work Reporting Requirements? Follow the State Performance Metrics Here.
States are just emerging from the unwinding of the pandemic-related Medicaid continuous enrollment provision when HR 1 presents a host of state budget impacts and new administrative hurdles for states. If states are already having trouble keeping up with their eligibility and enrollment administrative workload, adding work reporting requirements, six-month renewals, and mandatory cost sharing…
