On March 8, 2023, Commissioner Mulready issued Bulletin No. 1-2023, announcing that the FFCRA requirement that requires Medicaid agencies to continue providing Medicaid coverage throughout the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency will end on April 1, 2023. The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 decoupled the coverage requirement from the public health emergency and directed state Medicaid agencies to resume normal eligibility determinations as early as February 2023, as outlined by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).
Termination of coverage or disenrollment based on eligibility determinations will take place beginning April 30, 2023, and over the remainder of 2023. Disenrollment timing will be based on criteria established by the Oklahoma Health Care Authority (OHCA), the state agency responsible for the state’s Medicaid program (“SoonerCare”).
A special enrollment period will begin on March 31, 2023, and run to July 31, 2024, allowing those disenrolled from SoonerCare to enroll in either marketplace exchange coverage or employer-sponsored coverage. Employers with employees covered by SoonerCare should be aware of this development.
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