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June 30, 2021
A Promise Unfulfilled: Automated Medicaid Eligibility Decisions
Sarah Grusin Automated Decision-Making, Delivery System Reform, Disability, Eligibility & Enrollment, Medicaid Awareness Month, Uncategorized
States have spent millions of dollars building Medicaid eligibility systems that promise automated, real-time, and accurate eligibility decisions. This is a worthy goal because unnecessary paperwork burdens cause eligible individuals to lose coverage for failure to complete forms. The promise of automated eligibility determinations, however, is often not realized…
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June 14, 2021
Preventing Harm from Automated Decision-Making Systems in Medicaid
Elizabeth Edwards Automated Decision-Making, Delivery System Reform, Disability, Eligibility & Enrollment, Uncategorized
Algorithms and other automated decision-making systems (ADS) are omnipresent features of today’s Medicaid systems. While there are some advantages to automated decisions, the idea that such decisions are free from bias or error is false. Humans are behind the design, programming, and ultimate decisions on what to do with…
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September 23, 2020
California Should Do More to Get Eligible Individuals on Medi-Cal During this Unprecedented Pandemic and Wildfire Crisis
Alicia Emanuel and Kimberly Lewis california, Coronavirus, Eligibility & Enrollment
There is no doubt that the coronavirus pandemic has impacted every part of our lives. As COVID-19 tears through communities across the country, the number of Americans filing unemployment claims continues to rise at a historic pace, and 30-40 million Americans are at risk of eviction. Access to affordable…
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July 30, 2020
Excluding Immigrants from COVID-19 Relief: What’s Old is New Again
Sarah Grusin Coronavirus, Eligibility & Enrollment, Health Equity, Immigrant Health
During the pandemic, our government should be making every effort to remove exclusions and barriers to health care, conducting proactive outreach to immigrant communities, and striving to ensure that everyone has comprehensive health care. Instead, already marginalized immigrants continue to be excluded from federal relief efforts and are subject…
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July 30, 2020
COVID-19: Exacerbating Old Barriers for Immigrants
Sarah Grusin Coronavirus, Eligibility & Enrollment, Health Equity, Immigrant Health
The U.S. is home to 22 million noncitizens. Immigration status has been repeatedly identified as a social determinant of health. COVID-19 is taking a disparate toll on immigrants. Immigrants are, and have been, reporting concentrated outbreaks in meat packing plants and among farm workers, poor communication from government actors, feeling…
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May 1, 2020
Streamlining Medicaid Enrollment During COVID-19
Hannah Eichner and Sarah Grusin Coronavirus, Eligibility & Enrollment
During the COVID-19 pandemic, health coverage is more important than ever. States are seeing a surge in Medicaid applications, as individuals who have lost income become eligible for the program. However, documentation and paperwork burdens can pose barriers to Medicaid enrollment— particularly during the pandemic, when it may be…
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A Promise Unfulfilled: Automated Medicaid Eligibility Decisions

Preventing Harm from Automated Decision-Making Systems in Medicaid

California Should Do More to Get Eligible Individuals on Medi-Cal During this Unprecedented Pandemic and Wildfire Crisis

Streamlining Medicaid Enrollment During COVID-19

Eligibility & Enrollment

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A Promise Unfulfilled: Automated Medicaid Eligibility Decisions

Preventing Harm from Automated Decision-Making Systems in Medicaid

California Should Do More to Get Eligible Individuals on Medi-Cal During this Unprecedented Pandemic and Wildfire Crisis

Excluding Immigrants from COVID-19 Relief: What’s Old is New Again

COVID-19: Exacerbating Old Barriers for Immigrants

Streamlining Medicaid Enrollment During COVID-19