CMS clarified to Medicaid beneficiary advocates that it will continue to oversee state post-pandemic renewal processes even if the federal government shuts down. “Almost all, if not all unwinding activities will continue regardless of whether there is a shutdown that begins on October 1,” a Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services staffer said during an unwinding webinar on Wednesday (Sept. 27). “So I just want to assure people that we are going -- like we are asking you all to...