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By the time the end of March rolls around, we will have seen just over 1,100 days of continuous Medicaid and CHIP enrollment. Federal guidance within the 2023 Consolidated Appropriations Act effectively decoupled continuous enrollment provisions from the Public Health Emergency (PHE) and will allow states to resume their redetermination process as soon as April 1st.
Most states and many plans have already completed the first phase of the unwinding by encouraging enrollees to update their contact information to ensure they receive their renewal paperwork when it arrives in the mail. And while most all of us reading this piece are well aware of where we’ve been over the last year and what the next one might look like, a recent Urban Institute study in December 2022 found 6 in 10 adults in Medicaid-enrolled families were not aware of an upcoming return to the regular Medicaid renewal process.