A key Medicaid advisory body appears ready to recommend new appeal opportunities for millions of Managed Medicaid beneficiaries and to add more oversight to better ensure plans cover medically necessary care.
Medicaid and CHIP enrollment grew 5.6% since last year
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Enrollment in Medicaid and the Children s Health Insurance Program increased by 5.6% from July 2019 to July 2020, according to the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission on Wednesday.
The expert panel said the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic drove most of the increase. All states saw their Medicaid rolls grow except Montana and the District of Columbia, ranging from 0.2% in South Carolina to 30.2% in Idaho, which expanded its Medicaid program in 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic and related unemployment have major implications for Medicaid and CHIP, MACPAC Chair Melanie Bella said in a statement.