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Tricia Brooks

is a Research Professor at the Center for Children and Families (CCF), part of the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University.

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Ms. Brooks is nationally recognized expert on Medicaid and CHIP eligibility, enrollment, administration, and measuring the quality of health care with 30 years in the field. She is the lead author on the KFF Annual Survey on Medicaid and CHIP Eligibility, Enrollment and Renewal Policies and a member of the Core Set of Health Care Quality Measures in Medicaid and CHIP Annual Review Workgroup. She is also a second-term commissioner appointed by the Controller General to MACPAC, an independent commission that advises Congress, the states, and CMS on issues affecting Medicaid and CHIP. Prior to joining Georgetown, Ms. Brooks administered the NH’s CHIP program and managed the state’s consumer assistance hub for Medicaid and CHIP.

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  • CMS Releases Guidance on 6-Month Medicaid Renewals for Expansion Adults

    Guidance on implementing six-month renewals for the Medicaid adult expansion group, as required by H.R. 1 was sent to state Medicaid directors earlier today (March 6, 2026). The delayed guidance (which was due by December 31, 2025) has kept states waiting for key details that are needed to set state policy, make system changes, and…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…