Finding 2022-020 Medicaid Cluster, ALN 93.775, 93.777, and 93.778 and Children's Health Insurance Program, ALN 93.767 - Expenditure Processing for Medical Payments Management Views MDHHS agrees with the finding. Planned Corrective Action MDHHS has been working since 2018 to ensure correct eligibil...
Finding 2022-020 Medicaid Cluster, ALN 93.775, 93.777, and 93.778 and Children's Health Insurance Program, ALN 93.767 - Expenditure Processing for Medical Payments Management Views MDHHS agrees with the finding. Planned Corrective Action MDHHS has been working since 2018 to ensure correct eligibility classifications in Bridges at the time of payment and a system change was implemented in April 2021 to correct the issue. All new cases are correctly routed. MDHHS expects that all existing cases will be updated during the 14-month period following the May 11, 2023 end date of the PHE, as MDHHS completes renewals for existing cases. MDHHS could not terminate Medicaid benefits during the PHE, and annual renewals have not been completed since the start of the PHE, resulting in most Medicaid cases not being touched until the 14-month unwind period allotted by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services at the end of the PHE. MDHHS identified and updated its manual process of transferring expenditures from the Medicaid Cluster to the Children?s Health Insurance Program in June 2021; and will continue this manual process, on a quarterly basis, by completing a summary-level adjustment determined by analyzing CHAMPS payment data and Bridges eligibility data until all existing cases have been updated. Anticipated Completion Date July 31, 2024 Responsible Individual(s) Logan Dreasky, MDHHS Brant Cole, MDHHS Erin Emerson, MDHHS