Finding Number 2023-037 Subject Heading (Financial) or AL no. and program name (Federal) 93.778 Medicaid Cluster 93.767 Children’s Health Insurance Program Planned Corrective Action OHCA MAGI Response: OHCA implemented system changes to begin income verification requests for all selfattested income ...
Finding Number 2023-037 Subject Heading (Financial) or AL no. and program name (Federal) 93.778 Medicaid Cluster 93.767 Children’s Health Insurance Program Planned Corrective Action OHCA MAGI Response: OHCA implemented system changes to begin income verification requests for all selfattested income from sources unable to be verified through existing data exchange. The system changes went to production on January 13, 2022 but were impacted by Public Health Emergency (PHE) requirements prohibiting termination of eligibility. The system changes became effective at the end of the PHE and have resulted in appropriate verification of income that was previously unverified. Guidance from Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) during the PHE prohibited the agency from requiring verification, renewals, or termination of Medicaid during the PHE. The agency followed the requirements and guidance of CMS throughout the PHE to ensure maintenance of coverage. OHCA is in the process of implementing system changes to ensure only previously verified income is removed and to ensure that applications in a pending status due to incomplete information from the Federal Marketplace continue to receive new data exchange information. OHCA continues to improve zero income self-attestation procedures as the value of the attestations in ensuring accurate eligibility decisions is recognized, and upgrades went to Production on April 17, 2025. Guidance from Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) during the PHE prohibited the agency from requiring verification, renewals, or termination of Medicaid during the PHE. The agency followed the requirements and guidance of CMS throughout the PHE to ensure maintenance of coverage. OHCA concurs with the Soon-to-be-Sooners (STBS) exception. The questioned costs will be reported on the CMS 64.9P line 10A on Cost of Service (COS) line 5 for the quarter ending June 30, 2025. OHCA Member Audit MAGI Response: Member Audit will complete three months of post-corrective action audits to ensure completion. If corrective action results are not sufficient, additional corrective action will be requested, and post- corrective action audit will be repeated. OKDHS Non-MAGI Response: For the non-MAGI deficiencies, OKDHS has addressed case issues through the establishment of a committee responsible for monitoring corrective actions and provided training to all appropriate employees. Additional informational webpages utilized by eligibility staff have been updated. OHCA Member Audit Non-MAGI Response: OHCA Member Audit has been monitoring these issues through monthly case reviews and provides feedback to OKDHS leadership. This process will continue until the issues have been corrected. Additional steps to correct issues are requested as deemed necessary by Member Audit. Anticipated Completion Date 8/31/2025 Responsible Contact Person Chris Dees, Eligibility and Coverage Services Technical Director April Anonsen, Deputy State Medicaid Director Ginger Clayton, OHCA Director of Member Audits Aubrey McDonald , OKDHS Medicaid Program Administrator Ginger Clayton, OHCA Director of Member Audits