Enrollment in Medicaid has grown considerably throughout the pandemic largely as a result of steady enrollment requirement that stops states from disenrolling individuals throughout the public well being emergency (PHE). Nevertheless, with the tip of the PHE anticipated this yr, states will resume processing redeterminations and tens of millions of individuals might lose protection if they’re not eligible or face administrative obstacles regardless of remaining eligible.
At 2 p.m. ET on Wednesday, March 16, 2022, KFF will host an internet briefing targeted on the implications of the tip of the PHE and the Medicaid steady enrollment requirement. State Medicaid packages’ present enrollment and renewal procedures, in addition to their differing approaches to the unwinding of the continual enrollment requirement, may have main impacts on Medicaid enrollment and broader well being protection traits.
Jennifer Tolbert, an affiliate director of KFF’s Program on Medicaid and the Uninsured, and Tricia Brooks, senior fellow at Georgetown College’s Middle for Kids and Households (CCF), will current findings from KFF’s twentieth annual survey of state Medicaid eligibility, enrollment, and renewal insurance policies, carried out with CCF. The survey highlights actions states are taking in anticipation of the tip of the PHE and offers a snapshot of state enrollment and renewal procedures throughout the pandemic’s second yr.
Robin Rudowitz, a vice chairman at KFF and director of the Program on Medicaid and the Uninsured, will average the briefing. A panel of Medicaid state officers and a federally-funded Navigator will present their views. They embody:
- Jami Snyder, Director, Arizona Well being Care Value Containment System
- Nicole Comeaux, Director, New Mexico Medical Help Division
- Jodi Ray, Director, Florida Masking Children and Households
Occasion Date
Mar 16, 2022 at 2:00pm ET / 11:00am PT