The CMS is cracking down on states that aren’t complying with federal requirements during Medicaid redeterminations, in a bid to curb procedural disenrollments.
Since April, the CMS has worked with 12 states to pause terminations to address issues related to compliance with renewal requirements, according to a spokesperson.
Concerns over the high number of procedural disenrollments, when people lose Medicaid coverage due to administrative or paperwork errors but might still be eligible, have dogged the redeterminations process.
Overall, an estimated 3 million people have been disenrolled since redeterminations started in April, Healthcare Dive reports. Read more.
