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AHS readies staff and efficiencies for Medicaid're-enrollment; community outreach not yet funded
Summary
Agency of Human Services said it will add 12 permanent enrollment positions to handle a switch to six-month Medicaid re-enrollments and cited technology upgrades but has not budgeted new direct funding for community providers that will face extra outreach burdens; AHS also proposed reducing VPCH beds to align capacity with utilization.
Agency of Human Services officials told the Appropriations Committee they expect operational strain from federal- and state-level changes that require more frequent Medicaid re-enrollments for a subset of the population and outlined immediate steps the agency will take.
AHS said it is adding 12 permanent classified enrollment and eligibility staff to handle biannual re-determinations required under recent Medicaid rule changes. The secretary said these positions will perform enrollment work and interact with Vermonters to complete the redetermination process. "These are enrollment staff that are gonna be needed to actually do the…
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