Templates & Toolkits | Jun 9, 2022

Improving Ex Parte Renewal Rates: State Diagnostic Assessment Tool

Patricia Boozang and Kinda Serafi, Manatt Health

Improving ex parte rates as part of the Medicaid renewal process is one of the most effective tools available to states to mitigate coverage loss for eligible individuals when the public health emergency (PHE) ends. There are tremendous benefits to enrollees and to states in maximizing eligibility redetermination through an ex parte process. As states develop their unwinding policies and operational plans in readiness for the end of the PHE, improving ex parte rates should be at the top of their priority list. This toolkit contains a table that can be used by a state to examine current ex parte processes and identify and deploy additional strategies that could increase their ex parte rates.


Expert Perspectives

May 10, 2024

New Rule Opens the Affordable Care Act Marketplaces to DACA Recipients

On May 3, 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released a final regulation that allows people who receive Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) to sign up for subsidized Marketplace or Basic Health Program coverage. The new policy goes into effect on November 1, 2024 and is expected to enable 100,000 DACA recipients to enroll in health insurance coverage. This expert perspective summarizes the provisions of the new regulation and discusses their implications for states.

May 3, 2024

States of Innovation: March & April 2024

State Health and Value Strategies is launching a new series on the latest health news at the state level. States of Innovation will highlight what states are working on to achieve better, more affordable, and more equitable health for all. This inaugural States of Innovation highlights state activity in March and April and includes updates from: Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oregon, Pennslyvania and Virginia.