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Tricia Brooks

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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Ensuring Continuity of Medicaid Coverage for Former Foster Youth

Youth transitioning out of foster care are at both a challenging and pivotal time of their lives. Having health coverage through Medicaid provides security and stability as they make the steep climb to adulthood, often on their own. The authors of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) took into account the needs of former foster youth and the fact […]

CMS Plans Major Upgrade to Faulty Account Transfer Process Between the Federal Marketplace and State Medicaid Agencies

Last week CMS announced plans to replace the technology and processes used to coordinate eligibility and enrollment through electronic accounts between the federal marketplace (healthcare.gov) and states that use the federal platform. The account transfer (AT) process, although riddled with glitches, has been in place since the Affordable Care Act’s coverage expansions began in 2014. […]

New Report Explores Insights from Medicaid Unwinding on How to Protect Children’s Coverage

The Urban Institute and Georgetown CCF have released a new report highlighting ways to improve the Medicaid/CHIP redetermination process for children emanating from key lessons learned during the unwinding of the Medicaid continuous coverage protection. These insights are based on interviews of representatives in 8 state Medicaid agencies, offering a unique perspective directly from the […]

CMS Gives Options to States with “Unusual Circumstances” to Extend Unwinding Renewals, Redistributing Renewals, and Deal with Pending Renewals

CMS has released new guidance for states that are not yet done with the unwinding. Due to the unprecedented nature of the unwinding – exacerbated by workforce challenges and resulting in an uneven and unsustainable renewal volume in many states –  CMS concludes that the unwinding constitutes an administrative emergency that justifies exceptions to the […]