Medicaid Member Reinstatement
DMAS has received guidance from CMS indicating that during the COVID-19 emergency, no Medicaid enrollments are to be closed. DMAS and DSS will implement system changes to remove auto-closures of enrollment due to life events such as attaining a maximum age for a Medicaid covered group or reaching two months post-partum. DMAS is currently working to reinstate all enrollments which were closed effective March 31, 2020. A mass re-enrollment will occur prior to April 16, 2020. This re-enrollment will retroactively reinstate coverage for these individuals back to April 1, 2020 and will re-enroll these individuals in their previously enrolled health plan until the end of the state of emergency.
DMAS will send a letter to all affected individuals notifying them of their reenrollment into Medicaid until the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency. This letter will include instructions on how to reapply for Medicaid coverage if the individual's Medicaid coverage is to terminate at the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency.
DMAS is asking all Medicaid stakeholders to continue providing Medicaid services to these individuals during this time with an assurance the agency will provide reimbursement for those who have disenrolled. All individuals who have been disenrolled with an effective date of March 31, 2020 will be retroactively enrolled back into Medicaid by April 16, 2020, with a retroactive date of April 1, 2020.