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Committee hears Medicaid redetermination update; agency reports 5,206 children reenrolled

PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE · September 12, 2023
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Summary

State agency staff told the Public Health, Welfare and Labor Committee they have begun a churn analysis after resuming redeterminations and reported 5,206 children have been reenrolled (about 3.91% of those disenrolled); officials said children may receive up to 90 days of retroactive coverage.

Unidentified Speaker told the Public Health, Welfare and Labor Committee that the agency has begun analyzing "churn"—whether beneficiaries disenrolled for procedural reasons come back onto Medicaid—and shared initial results for June through August. "So far we've had a total of 5,206 children come back to the roles and that is, approximately 3.91 percent of all the children that have been disenrolled," the presenter said. The presenter added that, "We do have 90 day retroactive coverage for children," and that the agency will make coverage retroactive where applicable.

The update explained that the office continued monthly…

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