CMS has created materials and resources to help people with Medicaid or Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) renew their health coverage or find other coverage options.
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Medicaid and CHIP Renewal Materials
CMS wants to make sure people continue to have health care coverage, whether through Medicaid, CHIP, Medicare, HealthCare.gov (through the Affordable Care Act), or employer-sponsored coverage. Partners can use these materials to help share information about Medicaid and CHIP renewals with the communities they serve. Below you’ll find materials, toolkits, and resources to help educate people about Medicaid and CHIP renewals and how to transition to another coverage option.
This webpage was refreshed summer 2024.
General Renewal Materials
- Partner Tip Sheet (English and Spanish): Use this tip sheet to help people with Medicaid or CHIP renew their coverage or find other health insurance if they’re no longer eligible for Medicaid or CHIP.
- Health Care Options Fact Sheet (English, Spanish, Chinese, Hindi, Korean, Tagalog, Vietnamese): Use this fact sheet to educate people on four things to know about their health care options.
- Drop in Article for People who Lost Medicaid or CHIP (English and Spanish): Use this article for listservs, newsletters, and other outreach resources to educate people about what to do if they have lost Medicaid or CHIP.
- Training Slides for Partners to Use: How to Help Medicaid and CHIP Enrollees Renew Coverage or Find Other Coverage Options. Use this slide deck and talking points to educate communities about yearly Medicaid and CHIP renewals. These slides cover what people enrolled in these programs need to do to renew their coverage with their state Medicaid or CHIP office, or how they can find other health coverage if they are no longer eligible for coverage with Medicaid or CHIP.
Audience-specific Toolkits
- Medicaid and CHIP Renewals Communications Toolkit (English and Spanish): States, CMS partners, community organizations, health professionals, schools, and other stakeholders can use this toolkit to share information about Medicaid and CHIP renewals.
- Reaching Children and Families in School-Based and Early Education and Care Settings: Education and early education professionals can use this toolkit to educate parents and families about what is happening right now with Medicaid and CHIP.
- Faith-Based Toolkit: Faith-based organizations can use this toolkit to share important Medicaid and CHIP information with their congregations, communities, and people they serve.
- Patient-Centered Messaging for Clinical Offices and Health Care Settings: Clinical offices and health care settings can use this toolkit to help share information about Medicaid and CHIP renewals with patients.
Additional Materials and Resources
- Helping People Renew their Medicaid or CHIP Coverage
General Materials
- Postcard (English and Spanish): Use this postcard to educate people on what steps they should take to prepare to renew their Medicaid or CHIP coverage when it is time.
- Conference Card (English and Spanish): Hand out this small two-sided conference card to help people renew their Medicaid or CHIP coverage in your state.
- Medicaid Basics for Partners: Medicaid Eligibility, Enrollment, and Renewals: Partners can use this handout to share information and answer common questions about Medicaid eligibility, enrollment, and renewals.
Provider Materials
- Full Page Graphic: Healthcare professionals can use this tool when speaking with patients to help them renew their Medicaid or CHIP coverage.
- Half Page Graphic: Healthcare professionals can use this tool to speak with patients about renewing Medicaid.
- Helping People Who Have Lost Medicaid or CHIP Coverage
- Medicaid Fair Hearings Partner Resource: Partners can use this handout to help people understand the Medicaid fair hearings process if they think their Medicaid eligibility determination was wrong.
- Partner Tip Sheet (English and Spanish): Use this tip sheet to help people with Medicaid or CHIP renew their coverage or find other health insurance if they’re no longer eligible for Medicaid or CHIP.
- Health Care Options Fact Sheet (English, Spanish, Chinese, Hindi, Korean, Tagalog, Vietnamese): Use this fact sheet to teach people four things to know about their health care options.
- HealthCare.gov Postcard (English, Spanish, Chinese, Hindi, Korean, Tagalog, Vietnamese): Use this postcard to help people learn about low-cost, quality health coverage through the Health Insurance Marketplace® at HealthCare.gov.
- Medicare Special Enrollment Period (SEP) Fact Sheet (English and Spanish): Use this fact sheet to help people find out if Medicare coverage is an option.
- Employer Fact Sheet (English and Spanish): Use this fact sheet to help your employees and their families learn about health coverage options.
- Tear Off Pad (English and Spanish): Use this tear off pad to remind people of 3 things to do after losing coverage.
- Drop in Article for People who Lost Medicaid (English and Spanish): Use this article for listservs, newsletters, and other outreach resources to educate people about what to do if they have lost Medicaid or CHIP.
- Materials for Children and Families
- Postcard for Parents with Children Who Have Medicaid or CHIP (English and Spanish): Use this postcard to help families keep coverage for their children.
- Fillable Postcard for Children with Medicaid or CHIP (English and Spanish): Customize this postcard with state Medicaid information to help families keep coverage for their children.
- Slide Deck on Outreach to Families and Children on Medicaid Renewals: Community groups are encouraged to use this slide deck and talking points in their outreach to children and families about what is happening right now with Medicaid and CHIP.
Schools, organizations, and other partners can use these toolkits and graphics to educate families about Medicaid and CHIP as students start a new school year.
• Connecting Kids to Coverage National Campaign Back-to-School Resources
• Connecting Kids to Coverage National Campaign Outreach Tool Library- Materials for Special Populations
- Reaching Out to Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander People about Medicaid and CHIP Renewals (English): Use this one-page handout to help reach Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander people and share information about Medicaid and CHIP renewals.
- Reaching Out to Black Americans about Medicaid and CHIP Renewals (English): Use this one-page handout to help reach Black Americans and share information about Medicaid and CHIP renewals.
- Reaching Out to Hispanic or Latino People about Medicaid and CHIP Renewals (English and Spanish): Use this one-page handout to help reach Hispanic or Latino people and share information about Medicaid and CHIP renewals.
- Reaching Out to People with Disabilities about Medicaid and CHIP Renewals (English): Use this one-page handout to help reach people with disabilities and share information about Medicaid and CHIP renewals.
- Reaching Out to People Who Live in Rural Areas about Medicaid and CHIP Renewals (English): Use this one-page handout to help reach people who live in rural areas and share information about Medicaid and CHIP renewals.
- Reaching Out to American Indian and Alaska Native People about Medicaid and CHIP Renewals (English): Use this one-page handout to help reach American Indian and Alaska Native people and share information about Medicaid and CHIP renewals.
Recordings from CMS Series of Medicaid and CHIP Renewals Webinars Focused on Reaching Out to Special Populations
- Thursday, August 3, 2023: Reaching Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Populations.
- Tuesday, August 8, 2023: Reaching Hispanic and Latino Populations (English and Spanish).
- Thursday, August 10, 2023: Reaching Black American Populations.
- Thursday, August 17, 2023: Reaching Aging and Disability Populations.
- Thursday, August 24, 2023: Reaching Rural Populations.
- Thursday, September 7, 2023: Reaching American Indian and Alaska Native Populations.
- Fraud and Scams Messaging
- Customizable Scam Alerts (English and Spanish): Use these messages to educate people about potential scams and fraud related to Medicaid renewals in your state.
- Social Media (English): Use these social media messages and graphics to educate people about potential scams and frauds related to Medicaid renewals.
- Social Media
Share graphics and messages about Medicaid and CHIP renewals on social media platforms.
- Social Media Graphics
- Social Media Messages - available in the Medicaid and CHIP Renewals Communications Toolkit (see pages 8-10)
Partner Education Webinars and Speaking Requests
- CMS hosts partner education webinars to keep partners informed on new information and resources related to Medicaid and CHIP renewals. Check this webpage for updates on future webinar dates.
- Find recordings, transcripts, and slides from past webinars on the CMS National Stakeholder Calls webpage.
- Fill out this Speaking Request Form to have someone from HHS or CMS speak about Medicaid and CHIP renewals at an upcoming event.
Product Ordering
Some CMS Medicaid and CHIP renewals materials are available to order for free through the CMS Product Ordering website. If you do not have an account, you will need to request an account on the login page. Once you log into your account, you can enter the term "Unwinding" in the search bar to find the materials available for order.
You can also order free materials about enrolling in health coverage through the Health Insurance Marketplace through the CMS Product Ordering website. Once you log into your account, you can select the tab titled “Marketplace” to find materials about Marketplace enrollment, general information, Coverage to Care, and more available for order.
Consumer Research
To help create the Communications Toolkit and other materials, CMS explored Medicaid enrollment, renewal experiences, and expectations among individuals enrolled in Medicaid and parents of children enrolled in CHIP. You can find more information on the results of this research in these slide decks