About a half-million people are regaining Medicaid coverage after the federal government says they were dropped inappropriately by states.
that some state computer systems were flagging entire households for further information — and dropping all family members when no one responded — instead of reviewing each individual separately and automatically renewing children who remain eligible. It sent letters to all states asking them to verify their compliance with federal rules.
“It was never clear that this was against the rule or against the regulation, because if it was, we would have been doing it differently a long time ago,” said Cindy Beane, commissioner of the West Virginia Bureau for Medical Services and president of the National Association of Medicaid Directors. He said state workers will manually review eligibility for individuals within households until contractors can create a permanent fix early next year.
“I would have loved to have learned about this a year ago,” Levine said. “But in either case, we’re learning now and moving forward. It will just be another enhancement to our process.”
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