CMS Memo SHO #13-003: Facilitating Medicaid & CHIP Enrollment & Renewal In 2014

May 17, 2013
This notice from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to state health officers discusses strategies for determining eligibility for Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program that CMS believes will help states conduct efficient enrollments. The strategies are in response to changes to Medicaid eligibility that go into effect on January 1, 2014. Among the changes is a new method of determining income eligibility by using modified adjusted gross income. CMS outlines optional strategies and tools to help states manage the transition to their new eligibility and enrollment systems and coverage of new . . .