Medicaid eligibility determinations

The federal government is giving states more time to complete their Medicaid unwinding process – and people still on the Medicaid rolls more time to apply to retain their Medicaid eligibility. In a memo to state Medicaid programs, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services wrote that To continue supporting states’ efforts to establish and update income and eligibility determination systems that maximize states’ ability to ensure that eligible individuals retain coverage, CMS is further extending these unwinding-related…waivers through June 30, 2025. When the Families First Coronavirus Response Act’s prohibition against removing people from state Medicaid rolls ended with the [...]