Resources and Toolkits
These 5 Million People Are About to Lose Their Medicaid — But They Don’t Have To
Tools for data-driven understanding Medicaid work requirements, including information about who’s at risk, automatic verification pathways, ex parte capability by state, coverage loss, and maps
SNAP Policy Choices That Could Cost States Billions
Common policy missteps states may take in efforts to reduce SNAP payment error rates (PERs), such as adopting change reporting, imposing asset tests, or limiting discretionary exemptions, can have unintended effects of increasing error rates. Instead, states should make informed policy choices, such as adopting simplified reporting, waiving asset tests, allowing discretionary exemptions, and implementing…
Common Missteps on the Road to Lower SNAP Payment Error Rates
Guidance on state policy chocies that tend to increase SNAP payment error rates include requiring change reporting or monthly reporting, imposing asset tests, and limiting discretionary exemptions. In contrast, states can reduce errors by simplifying reporting requirements, using BBCE, applying exemptions, and using one-month lookbacks to minimize reassessments and ensure coverage for eligible populations.
Eligibility Made Easy (Emmy)
A CMS-developed suite of open-source tools that streamlines income and community engagement reporting for Medicaid applicants and enrollees
Metrics That Matter For States Under H.R. 1
Guide on how state agencies can develop legible and flexible metrics to assess implementation of new work requirements, outlining how to build, capture, and effectively utilize metrics to monitor impact for operational awareness and decisionmaking.
Implementing Medicaid Work Requirements
Implementation-oriented framework to support states with adapting to community engagement/work requirements. Features overview of “look back” period and four-step compliance flow including: checking for automatic hardship, screening for exemptions, checking for participation, and allowing for requestable hardship.
Five Questions to Ask When Evaluating Technical Products
Key questions for states to consider during procurement of new technical systems to ensure proper evaluation of product solutions and their effectiveness.
Work Requirements Implementation Resources Toolkit
Repository of resources for state administrators to support the implementation of work requirement policies through overview of implications and recommendations of smart system designs and processes.
Elements of Successful Systems Design for H.R. 1 Implementation
Outlines four proactive strategies to design resilient and adaptable technical systems including feature flags, modularity, configurability, and phased approaches.
Blueprinting SNAP Work Requirements
Blueprint on how work requirement policy impacts the process of SNAP application, determination, and maintained eligibility. Provides human-centered implementation recommendations such as focused support, ease of exemptions, discovery/comprehensive interview to capture compliance.