The Indiana Household and Social Companies Administration on Thursday acquired approval from the federal Facilities for Medicare and Medicaid Companies to proceed its follow of extending postpartum protection for Hoosiers receiving Medicaid throughout being pregnant from 60 days to at least one 12 months.
Indiana has been offering this prolonged protection since April; Thursday’s federal announcement will enable it to proceed.
Beforehand, postpartum Medicaid protection ended after 60 days. In Could, Indiana’s Workplace of Medicaid Coverage and Planning requested CMS for approval to increase the postpartum protection interval for conventional Medicaid, Wholesome Indiana Plan Maternity and Hoosier Healthwise members. This can apply to all who acquired maternity care from Medicaid since April 1. The postpartum protection interval is out there to any particular person who meets one of many following standards:
- Turns into pregnant whereas already enrolled in conventional Medicaid, HIP or Hoosier Healthwise
- Applies and is eligible for Medicaid whereas pregnant
- Applies for Medicaid after the kid is born and was each pregnant and eligible within the month of software or one of many three months previous to the appliance month.
Thursday’s CMS approval authorizes the prolonged protection for Medicaid-eligible people for a five-year interval, by March 31, 2027.
This coverage was included in a invoice handed by the Indiana Normal Meeting and signed into regulation by Governor Holcomb on March 14.