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CMS requires 30 states to pause Medicaid disenrollments after systems error

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Nearly 500,000 people will regain Medicaid or Children’s Health Insurance Program coverage after being improperly removed from the rolls during redeterminations, according to the HHS.

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Medicaid cracks down on states over children wrongly losing coverage during redeterminations

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The Biden administration is threatening state Medicaid agencies with sanctions after finding an automation glitch that could cause eligible children to lose coverage.

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State Medicaid spending fell below pre-pandemic levels during continuous enrollment

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An analysis by KFF found state spending on Medicaid fell during the COVID-19 pandemic even as enrollment soared. But spending will likely increase as the federal government begins to pare back its increased contribution.

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Upcoming Medicaid redeterminations could hamper hospitals, payers

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Medicaid eligibility checks beginning in April will likely curb hospital revenue and enrollment growth for payers, Moody's Investors Service said in a report.

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Medicaid redeterminations will restart Saturday. Here’s what we know

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States can begin disenrolling ineligible beneficiaries from Medicaid on April 1, in an event the CMS has called the biggest health coverage transition since the first ACA open enrollment.

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Medicaid enrollees largely unaware of upcoming redeterminations, survey finds

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About 64% of adults in a Medicaid-enrolled family said they did not know they may lose coverage once pandemic-era policy ends and eligibility checks resume on April 1, a survey from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation found.

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Over half a million disenrolled amid Medicaid redeterminations so far

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A KFF analysis of 11 states found many of the people who have already been removed from the Medicaid program were disenrolled for procedural reasons.

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