{"id":69440,"date":"2023-04-07T14:41:58","date_gmt":"2023-04-07T20:41:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/?p=69440"},"modified":"2023-04-25T08:21:06","modified_gmt":"2023-04-25T14:21:06","slug":"do-you-have-medicaid-or-chp-take-action-to-renew-your-coverage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/do-you-have-medicaid-or-chp-take-action-to-renew-your-coverage\/","title":{"rendered":"Do you have Medicaid or CHP+? Take action to renew your coverage."},"content":{"rendered":"
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Coloradans must take action to renew their Medicaid or CHP+ health care coverage now that a declared public health emergency is ending. Photo: Getty Images.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Have you been enrolled in Medicaid or Child Health Plan Plus<\/em> during the COVID-19 pandemic? If so, you\u2019ve got to take action to renew your coverage.<\/p>\n

During the pandemic, the government declared a federal public health emergency. That allowed people who are covered by Medicaid to stay on Medicaid without having to fill out annual paperwork to reapply for benefits.<\/p>\n

Now that the government is ending the public health emergency, Medicaid recipients are required to update their personal information \u2013 especially their address and information about their income — with Medicaid, a joint state and federal government health insurance program for people with low income. In Colorado, Medicaid is known as Health First Colorado<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In late March, Medicaid began sending redetermination packets of paperwork to the current address on record for Medicaid recipients. The packets are sent 60-70 days before a recipient\u2019s renewal date. These renewal notices will be sent monthly through April 2024, according to the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing<\/a>, which administers Medicaid in the state.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are trying to get the word out there to help our patients, so they don\u2019t lose coverage or have a lapse in coverage,\u2019\u2019 said Andrew Pederson, director of financial counseling for UCHealth.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s what to do to renew your Medicaid or Child Health Plan Plus <\/em>health insurance coverage:<\/strong><\/h2>\n