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38% progress
Based on documents submitted on State Refor(u)m, Massachusetts has made 38 percent progress by completing 4 milestones toward the category: Eligibility and Enrollment
Implementation Milestone Checklist
- Establish a plan for integrated enrollment systems among Medicaid, CHIP, and federal tax credits
- Develop a single application whereby people can apply for Medicaid, the basic health program, CHIP, and federal tax credits
- Align eligibility criteria across Medicaid, CHIP, the basic health program, and federal tax credits to avoid gaps in coverage
- Develop systems specifications necessary for new and continuing Medicaid eligibility categories and CHIP conversion to MAGI
- Adopt policies to implement new eligibility categories for Medicaid, the basic health program, CHIP, and federal tax credits
- Decide state agency, county, Exchange and other parties' responsibilities for eligibility determinations
- Enable electronic data exchange among programs to obtain information needed for eligibility determinations
- Establish processes to promote consistency in eligibility, enrollment and retention decisions across application methods
- Use technology and systems solutions to eliminate unnecessary paper-based processes
- Establish a service, program or system for assisting individuals and families in completing the application process
- Develop and test applications and other communications that are accessible and understandable to diverse populations
- Establish policies and procedures to protect the privacy of applicants and enrollees