The highly-anticipated data from the CMS is for the 18 states that renewed at least one cohort of Medicaid beneficiaries in April.
Of those, almost 46% of beneciaries had their coverage renewed, while 22% of beneficiaries’ renewals are pending.
Typically, roughly 17 million people lose Medicaid or Children’s Health Insurance Plan coverage each year. But this year, redeterminations are a whole different beast. States’ experience with conducting Medicaid eligibility checks has atrophied during COVID-19, when redeterminations were paused.
