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January 17, 2023
Public Health Emergency (PHE) and Continuous Coverage Unwinding Resources
Kimberly Lewis, Alicia Emanuel, and Sarah Grusin Fact Sheet, Guide
Comprehensive list of Public Health Emergency (PHE) and continuous coverage unwinding guidance and resources for advocates. Resources have been compiled from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), other federal agencies, and advocacy organizations, including the National Health Law Program. (Updated January 2023)
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November 1, 2022
Joint comment letter: Temporary Increase in Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP) in Response to the COVID–19 Public Health Emergency (PHE); Reopening of Public Comment Period
Miriam Delaney Heard and Wayne Turner Comments
In the last days of the Trump administration, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized an Interim Final Rule (IFR) that creates exceptions to the Medicaid continuous coverage requirements in the Families First Coronavirus Response Act. The IFR allows states to reduce benefits and terminate eligibility in…
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July 28, 2022
California Prepares for PHE Unwinding through Release of Operational Plan
Skyler Rosellini Issue Brief
COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE). While not required, CMS has encouraged states to make their plans publicly available. In their latest guidance to states, CMS outlines detailed requirements and recommendations for states to effectively return to normal business operations when the PHE ends. In May, California’s Medicaid agency, Department…
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January 10, 2022
Unwinding the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency: Checklist for Redeterminations
Alicia Emanuel, Elizabeth Edwards, and Sarah Grusin Fact Sheet
Once the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) ends, all Medicaid beneficiaries who have not had their coverage renewed during the PHE will need to go through the redetermination process to maintain Medicaid coverage. States must complete these redeterminations in compliance with Medicaid and Constitutional due process requirements. The following…
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July 14, 2021
Medicaid During and “After” the Pandemic: Changes that Should Become Permanent Policies
Héctor Hernández-Delgado, Abigail Coursolle, Fabiola Carrión, and Elizabeth Edwards Issue Brief
This paper identifies temporary policies to address COVID-19 implemented throughout the pandemic, as well as other steps taken by states, that should be made permanent Medicaid policies for the sake of fighting COVID-19 in the short-term, improving access to health care in the long-term, and addressing nre and on-going…
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December 23, 2020
California Policy Needs During and After COVID: Eligibility, Enrollment, and Retention
Alicia Emanuel and Skyler Rosellini Issue Brief
The COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) has fundamentally altered how California’s Medi-Cal program is administered. At the start of the pandemic, the state worked swiftly to seek waivers and other flexibilities of federal Medicaid requirements and to implement these COVID-19 flexibilities, including significant changes intended to streamline Medi-Cal eligibility…
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Public Health Emergency (PHE) and Continuous Coverage Unwinding Resources

Joint comment letter: Temporary Increase in Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP) in Response to the COVID–19 Public Health Emergency (PHE); Reopening of Public Comment Period

California Prepares for PHE Unwinding through Release of Operational Plan

Unwinding the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency: Checklist for Redeterminations

Medicaid During and “After” the Pandemic: Changes that Should Become Permanent Policies

California Policy Needs During and After COVID: Eligibility, Enrollment, and Retention