It’s really good to know we can count on the monthly reports from CMS to keep tabs on Medicaid and CHIP application and enrollment activity. Since CMS released the first data in January, we’ve seen improvements in the number of states reporting, and enrollment data was added to the initial report of application volume and […]
By Stephanie Altman, Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law In Illinois, we’ve been busy enrolling more than 260,000 newly eligible adults through Medicaid’s front door. But we’ve also had our eye on Medicaid’s back door to make sure we don’t lose Medicaid-eligibles through the annual renewal process. The state has been working with us […]
As part of my colleague’s blog series on renewals, I wanted to share how hard work is paying off on Medicaid renewals in Washington state. Washington is among the first states in the country to get started on MAGI-based renewals. What are MAGI-based renewals? Just like new applications, renewals in Medicaid will be based on […]
Recently, CMS released 2012 rates of participation for children in Medicaid and CHIP. For the last few years, our friends at the Urban Institute have been calculating them. The new participation rates show the continued success in covering children. Since 2008, the national rate of participation has increased from 81.7% to 88.1%. Other highlights include: […]
Hats off to navigators and certified application counselors (CACs) across the country who persevered through the rocky rollout of the marketplaces and helped create the late surge that put enrollment over the top. There is much yet to be learned as we reflect back on open enrollment, but we already know there is much that […]
Time for a victory lap over the announcement that marketplace enrollment whizzed past the revised target (that was lowered after the rocky launch) and exceeded the original projection of 7 million people? Not for navigators and certified application counselors who deserve much of the credit. They are still helping people swept up in the enrollment […]
