Medicaid and CHIP eligibility

2023-10-11T09:49:13-04:00

On August 30, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) sent a letter to all 50 states, requiring a review of their eligibility systems. The impetus for this letter: CMS determined some states’ Medicaid and CHIP eligibility systems are incorrectly configured to automatically renew people at the family level and not the individual level. Read here how this requirement and recommendations affect health plan partners.