Tracking Medicaid Patients' Work Status May Prove Difficult for ...

Tracking Medicaid patients’ work status may be difficult for states

States must begin verifying millions of Medicaid enrollees’ monthly work status by the end of next year — a task some critics say states will have a hard time carrying out. A provision in the tax and spending bill President Donald Trump signed into law July 4 will require the 40 states plus Washington, D.C., that have expanded Medicaid to check paperwork at least twice a year to ensure those enrollees are volunteering or working at least 80 hour…

Tracking Medicaid patients' work status may prove difficult for ...

A look at how Georgia's Medicaid work requirement has been going

The tax cut and spending bill Congress just passed contains new work requirements for Medicaid. Georgia has a system, but eligible recipients have had problems with getting and staying enrolled.