District of Columbia Medicaid/CHIP Coverage by School Districts, 2018-2022
Wondering what’s in the recent Medicaid and CHIP eligibility and enrollment rule?
On April 2, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published the second part of a two-part final rule that simplifies the eligibility and enrollment processes for Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and the Basic Health Program (BHP). The rule eliminates certain access barriers for children enrolled in CHIP; makes transitions […]
Almost 2 Million Fewer Children are Enrolled in Medicaid: Are They Moving to CHIP?
We’ve been tracking net child enrollment losses in Medicaid with state administrative data and our tracker is going to hit two million soon. In reality the number is certainly at two million already given that these numbers don’t include three states (Michigan, New York, and Oregon) and that Texas data, a state which has disenrolled […]
MACPAC Explores Why Few Providers Sought Medicaid, CHIP Relief
Inside Health Policy By: Michelle Stein Congress’ Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program advisers want to look deeper into how Medicaid provider relief efforts are going, after finding that less than 15% of potentially eligible providers applied for Medicaid relief funding by the end of August. As of mid-September, only $2.2 billion of the $15 […]
Here’s a Good Idea – Some States Are Removing Barriers to Coverage by Dropping CHIP Premiums
In January 2020, 30 states charged premiums or enrollment fees to children in Medicaid or CHIP, which were suspended in 19 states during the public health emergency. Since then, six states have eliminated premiums or do not plan to resume them – California, Colorado, Illinois, Maine, New Jersey, and North Carolina. New York also eliminated […]
CMS Announces Important Consumer Protection for People Losing Medicaid/CHIP
States will begin the process of redetermining Medicaid eligibility for over 80 million people across the country very soon, and some states may be starting the process today. People will not lose Medicaid coverage until April 1 at the earliest, but once disenrollments begin, the number of people losing Medicaid coverage could skyrocket overnight. Some […]
Medicaid and CHIP Drug Rebate Proposals in the Biden Administration’s Fiscal Year 2024 Budget
Under the highly effective Medicaid Drug Rebate Program (MDRP), drug manufacturers must provide substantial rebates to the federal government and states as a condition of having their drugs covered by Medicaid. For brand-name drugs, the rebates apply to both fee-for-service and Medicaid managed care and consist of two mandatory components. First, under a basic rebate, […]
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CBO Releases New CHIP Score
The hot news here at CCF today is the new CBO score for the bipartisan, bicameral 5-year CHIP deal – the KIDS Act – it now costs $800 million instead of $8.2 billion. And no, that is not a typo. This leaves a lot of people asking – what changed? Before getting into why the […]
Proposed Eligibility Rule Simplifies Medicaid and CHIP Enrollment Process for Children
In a continuing effort to strengthen Medicaid and access to affordable, quality health coverage, the Biden Administration has proposed a series of eligibility rule changes. The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) seeks to streamline application and enrollment, improve retention rates, remove barriers specific to CHIP, and enhance program integrity. Eliminates enrollment barriers and benefit caps […]
CMS Releases FAQ on COVID-19 for Medicaid and CHIP
The coronavirus pandemic is a stark reminder of the critical role that Medicaid and CHIP play in assuring the health of Americans, particularly during health emergencies, natural disasters, and economic downturns. Yesterday, CMS released a helpful FAQ relating to flexibilities Medicaid and CHIP agencies have in responding to this public health emergency. In particular, it […]
CHIP: What to know about the Children’s Health Insurance Program
Fox News By: Kaitlyn Schallorn Funding for a health insurance program for children has become front and center as lawmakers struggle to keep the government open. The federal funds for the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) expired at the end of September, and a permanent solution has not been passed. As state funding for the […]
South Carolina Snapshot: How Medicaid, CHIP, and ACA Cover Children
New Hampshire Snapshot – How Medicaid, CHIP, and ACA Cover Children
New Jersey Snapshot – How Medicaid, CHIP, and ACA Cover Children
Hawaii Children’s Coverage – How Medicaid, CHIP, and ACA Cover Children
Child Enrollment in Medicaid and CHIP Remains Down in 2019
As of October 2019, the decline in child enrollment in Medicaid and CHIP held at .6 percent for calendar year 2019 based on the most recent enrollment data posted by CMS. While this is an improvement over the 2.2 percent decline in 2018, it still indicates that overall enrollment in Medicaid and CHIP is not […]
Medicaid and CHIP Provisions in Biden Administration’s Fiscal Year 2024 Budget
On March 9, the Biden Administration issued its budget plan for fiscal year 2024. Based on budget documents from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), here’s a brief summary of the provisions related to Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), along with the […]
Will Federal CHIP Coverage Continue For California Kids?
Capital Public Radio By: Sammy Caiola About two million California children get check-ups, vaccinations, emergency visits and other benefits through the program, and available federal funding will dry up by the end of the year if Congress doesn’t take action. … Mayra Alvarez of The Children’s Partnership, a Los Angeles-based nonprofit, says the last time […]