HHS Takes Additional Action to Keep People Covered as States Resume Medicaid, CHIP Renewals
On June 12, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced new flexibilities to help keep individuals covered as states resume Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) renewals. The new flexibilities were announced in a letter Secretary Becerra sent to the nation’s governors encouraging them to adopt available flexibilities to minimize coverage losses.
Building on flexibilities HHS offered to states before renewals resumed, some of the new flexibilities announced include:
Allowing managed care plans to assist people with Medicaid with completing their renewal forms, including completing certain parts of the renewal forms on their behalf....
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