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CMS Begins Option to Extend Medicaid Postpartum Coverage

Healthcare Law Blog

The new state plan option allows state Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (“CHIP”) agencies to provide 12 months of continuous postpartum coverage, regardless of any changes in circumstances, through a state plan amendment (“SPA”). The COVID-19 pandemic has also affected Medicaid postpartum coverage.