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Tricia Brooks

is a Research Professor at the Georgetown University McCourt School of Public Policy’s Center for Children and Families.

Tricia Brooks, MBA, is a Research Professor at the Georgetown University McCourt School of Public Policy’s Center for Children and Families (CCF), a nonpartisan policy and research center whose mission is to expand and improve health coverage for children and families. At CCF, Ms. Brooks focuses on eligibility, enrollment, program administration, and the quality of health care relating to Medicaid and CHIP coverage for children and families. Prior to joining CCF, she served as the founding chief executive officer of New Hampshire Healthy Kids, a legislatively-created non-profit corporation that administered the state’s CHIP program and managed the Medicaid and CHIP consumer assistance hub. Ms. Brooks was appointed for a second term by the Comptroller General to the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC), an independent commission that advises Congress on issues affecting Medicaid and CHIP. She has also served as faculty or as a technical advisory group member on a variety of initiatives associated with advancing Medicaid and CHIP coverage for children and low-income families at the national level. Ms. Brooks holds a Master of Business Administration from Suffolk University and is a 15-year veteran at CCF.

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State Response Due Today on Ex Parte Noncompliance Issue Impacting Kid’s Coverage

On August 30, CMS revealed that a number of states were incorrectly processing ex parte (automated renewals), an issue that mostly often impacts children although there are circumstances where other eligible members may be affected. In a nutshell, if one person in the family could not be renewed automatically via ex parte, no one is […]

CMS Posts May 2023 Unwinding Data

In this snapshot dated August 2023, CMS reports on certain unwinding metrics based on May 2023 data. Those metrics include: Percent and number monthly change in total Medicaid enrollment; Current month and monthly change in applications processed over 45 days;  Current month and monthly change in average call time; and Current month and monthly change […]

Why Are So Many Kids Losing Medicaid Coverage?

At the end of the COVID pandemic, more than half (54%) of the nation’s children were covered by Medicaid or CHIP; the vast majority by Medicaid. So, the lifting of the pandemic-related Medicaid continuous enrollment protection this spring is a really big deal, putting low-income children at risk of losing access to health care and/or […]

Unpacking Unwinding Data: What’s with All the Different Numbers?

As of June 1st, most states have started terminating Medicaid coverage for children, low-income families, and others for non-eligibility, procedural reasons.  We are trying to get our hands on as much data as we can to get a sense of the outcomes of Medicaid renewals and what the unwinding process looks like across states. Transparency […]