CMS Guidance Gives Option To Use SNAP Eligibility To Help Determine Medicaid Eligibility

CMS is offering states an option to use Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program eligibility or other means-tested program eligibility policies to determine whether certain populations are also eligible for Medicaid, a move the National Association of Medicaid Directors says could be helpful to states. The agency says targeted enrollment strategies that identify and enroll eligible people in Medicaid or make renewal easier without requiring more forms have been shown to be successful -- including using SNAP eligibility to identify those highly...