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Outreach and enrollment strategies for reaching the Medicaid eligible but uninsured population
Outreach and enrollment strategies for reaching the Medicaid eligible but uninsured population
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Series Title(s):
- Issue brief (Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation)
- Author(s):
- Artiga, Samantha, author
Rudowitz, Robin, author
Tolbert, Jennifer, author - Contributor(s):
- Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, issuing body.
Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, issuing body. - Publication:
- Menlo Park, CA : Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, March 2016
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Medicaid -- organization & administration
Medically Uninsured
United States
United States.
State Children's Health Insurance Program (U.S.) - Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- As of February 2016, a total of 31 states and the District of Columbia are moving forward with the ACA Medicaid expansion to adults. While millions of individuals have gained Medicaid coverage since initial implementation of the ACA coverage provisions in 2014, an estimated 8.8 million individuals who are eligible for coverage through Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) remained uninsured as of 2015.1 These include adults made newly eligible by the expansion as well as children and adults who were already eligible under pre-ACA rules but not enrolled. Reaching and enrolling these individuals into coverage will be one important component of achieving continued coverage gains moving forward. Moreover, as additional states may take up the expansion in the future, outreach and enrollment efforts will be key for achieving successful enrollment as the expansion is implemented. Keeping eligible individuals enrolled over time through successful renewals of coverage also will be important for maintaining coverage gains achieved to date. This brief identifies a range of successful strategies to reach and enroll Medicaid- and CHIP-eligible individuals as well as options to facilitate renewals. It draws on a collection of previous work examining state enrollment experiences after implementation of the ACA (listed in Appendix A). In sum, it shows that states that have achieved enrollment success have embraced an array of strategies and approaches that include promoting the expansion through strong leadership and collaboration, implementing broad marketing and outreach campaigns, establishing a coordinated and diverse network of assisters, developing effective eligibility and enrollment systems that coordinate with the Marketplace, and planning ahead to translate coverage gains into improved access to care.
- Copyright:
- Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY license. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 PDF file (5 pages, 1 unnumbered page)).
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101678638 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101678638