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DHS details Medicaid redetermination steps: outreach, staffing and early results
Summary
Department of Human Services described the statewide effort to redetermine Medicaid eligibility after federal continuous coverage ended, reporting outreach efforts that confirmed addresses for 170,000 beneficiaries, paid advertising near $160,000, returned mail under 5,000 pieces, and approximately 40,000 coverage terminations in April–May.
Department of Human Services officials told the Public Health, Welfare and Labor Committee they have mounted an unprecedented effort to redetermine Medicaid eligibility after the end of the federal continuous-enrollment condition and outlined outreach, operational and staffing strategies.
DHS Secretary Christy Putnam and Medicaid leadership said the end of the federal condition—triggered by the Consolidated Appropriations Act in December 2022—activated state redetermination obligations; state Act 780 of 2021 requires DHS to complete certain redeterminations within six months. DHS said it kept working renewals…
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