Frequently Asked Questions

Enhanced Medicaid funding for Eligibility & Enrollment (E&E) activities is available from the approval of an Advanced Planning Document (APD). An ongoing Medicaid administrative match at the 50% rate is available for activities that take place prior to an approved E&E APD, as long as the activities fall within the purview of administering the Medicaid program (42 CFR 433.15). Funding is available ongoing, subject to APD approvals. More information is available in the State Medicaid Director Letter on Enhanced Funding dated March 31, 2016 (SMD# 16-004), to be found at https://www.medicaid.gov/federal-policy-guidance/federal-policy-guidance.html.

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FAQ ID:93321

The twenty-two standards and conditions are listed in the Medicaid Program; Mechanized Claims Processing and Information Retrieval Systems (90/10) rule issued on 12/4/2015. See https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2015/12/04/2015-30591/medicaid-program-mechanized-claims-processing-and-information-retrieval-systems-9010.

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FAQ ID:93331

The requirements of Circular OMB-A-87 apply to the allocation of costs for design, development, and implementation (DDI) and maintenance and operations (M&O) of eligibility and enrollment (E&E) systems including the respective benefiting health insurance affordability programs: Medicaid, CHIP (for states that have separate Title XXI programs or for portions of separate CHIP programs in states that operate a combination CHIP/Medicaid program) and to CCIIO Grant Funding if the project will include functionality for Health Insurance Exchanges.

States can request the temporary exception to Circular OMB-A-87 requirements to use Medicaid enhanced funding for DDI costs of shared eligibility services that will benefit other human service programs (SNAP, TANF, childcare, and child welfare). The exception does not apply to M&O costs, and therefore states must cost allocate to benefiting programs for these costs. For more information, please see the State Medicaid Director Letter, dated July 20, 2015, at https://www.medicaid.gov/federal-policy-guidance/downloads/smd072015.pdf (PDF, 80.07 KB).

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FAQ ID:93341

In zONE, states can find business process models, templates for concepts of operations, and other planning and development artifacts, business and technical requirements, Requests for Proposals (RFPs), Statements of Work (SOWs), system design documents, etc. CMS Eligibility & Enrollment (E&E) state leads are available to discuss and assist states in finding the right artifacts in the zONE collaboration spaces. Your SOTA team and your E&E state lead are available to answer specific questions about what might be available soon that is not already in the CALT.

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FAQ ID:93346

An assessment for IV&V analysis of a state's E&E system development effort will be required for APD projects that meet any of the criteria contained in federal regulations at 45 CFR 95.626(a). If CMS determines that the IV&V analysis is required for a state's system development effort, the provisions contained in federal regulations at 45 CFR 95.626(b) and (c) apply. Additional guidance is available in the Medicaid E&E Toolkit, available at https://www.medicaid.gov/medicaid/data-and-systems/meet/index.html.

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FAQ ID:93351

Medicaid Budget Expenditure System/Children's Budget Expenditure System (MBES/CBES) has been modified to add new Medicaid Eligibility Determination System lines to the 64.10 Form series beginning with Quarter Ending March 31, 2011:

• 28A - DDI of Medicaid E&E systems/cost of in house activities - 90% FFP
• 28B - DDI of Medicaid E&E systems cost of private sector contractors - 90% FFP
• 28C - Operation of an approved Medicaid E&E system/cost of in-house activities - 75 % FFP
• 28D - Operation of an approved Medicaid E&E system/cost private sector contractors- 75% FFP

FAQ ID:93361

The Medicaid eligibility final rule at 435.110, 435.116 and 435.118 set forth the mechanism for consolidating certain federal eligibility categories into four main groupings: adults, children, pregnant women and parents/caretaker relatives. The table provided below lays out the consolidation of mandatory and optional eligibility groups (a version of this table was also included as part of the preamble to the proposed rule).

Realignment of Medicaid Eligibility Groups

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FAQ ID:93131

States are not required to track the pregnant status of women enrolled through the new adult group. Women who enroll in the adult group who later become pregnant will have the option of either staying enrolled in the adult group, or requesting that the State move them to a pregnancy-related eligibility group. This is most likely to occur if women need specific benefits that are not available under the adult group benchmark benefit package.

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FAQ ID:93136

If a woman indicates on the application that she is pregnant, she should be enrolled in Medicaid coverage as a pregnant woman. The Affordable Care Act specifies that pregnant women are not eligible for the new adult group. As mentioned above, if a woman enrolled in the adult group later becomes pregnant, she will have the option to stay enrolled in the adult group or request that the State move her to a pregnancy-related eligibility group.

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FAQ ID:93141

Yes, the breast and cervical cancer group and the eligibility group for working disabled individuals will remain optional eligibility groups which States may elect. The Affordable Care Act did not alter the financial or non-financial requirements or methodologies used to determine eligibility for these groups, both of which are exempt from the application of Modified Adjusted Gross Income (MAGI) methodology for determining income.

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FAQ ID:93151