5/29/2023 0 Comments The rochard test![]() Dan McKee leading the cheers, the state announced the launch of its “Stay Covered” campaign at a news conference held on Thursday morning, March 16. In what one prominent health leader called a “dog-and-pony show” – a performance put on for the benefit of news media coverage, with Gov. In response, the state of Rhode Island is launching a yearlong process to recertify more than one-third of the entire population of the state who rely on Medicaid for their health insurance coverage. The annual culling exercise around Medicaid eligibility, which is based upon low-income guidelines, had been placed on hiatus for three years, ever since the COVID 19 pandemic swept the nation beginning in March of 2020. The question is: Can a major collision be avoided in the turbulent waters of health care delivery?īeginning on April 1, the federal government is requiring that all states must begin to recertify the eligibility all residents who are now receiving health insurance through Medicaid. The icy peak is fully visible – not just here in Rhode Island but across the United States. McKee.īeginning April 1, the state needs to certify more than one-third of its 1.1 million residents, some 365,000 Rhode Islanders, for continued Medicaid eligibilityĪ large health iceberg has been sighted. ![]() DHS Acting Director Kimberly Merolla-Brito, and Matt Sheaff, communications specialist with Gov. Behind Whittemore, from left: Lindsay Lang, HealthSource RI Elena Nicolella, president and CEO of the RI Health Center Association, Gov. Dan McKee at launch of the “Stay Covered” campaign to certify the eligibility of more than 365,000 Rhode Islanders on Medicaid at a March 16 news conference. Photo: Lori Whittemore, Director of Patient Access Services at Providence Community Health Centers, introduced Gov. By Richard Asinof, ConvergenceRI, contributing writer
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