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[MM Curator Summary]: 10 states are processing 80-100% of their Medicaid claims in 7 days or less.
CMS released data Sept. 1 showing how quickly states processed new applications for Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program in the first three months of 2022.
According to the report, in January through March 2022, more than half of Medicaid applications were processed within 24 hours, and about two-thirds were processed within seven days.
In 20 states and Washington, D.C.,,more than 60 percent of applications were processed within seven days.
See the full list of how the states stacked up below.
Processed 80-100% of applications within 7 days
Alabama
Connecticut
District of Columbia
Maryland
Massachusetts
New York
Oklahoma
Oregon
Rhode Island
Washington
Processed 60-80% of applications within 7 days
Colorado
Delaware
Hawaii
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Minnesota
New Hampshire
Tennessee
Vermont
Utah
Processed 40-60% of applications within 7 days
Georgia
Idaho
Iowa
Michigan
Nebraska
New Jersey
New Mexico
North Carolina
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Processed 20-40% of applications within 7 days
Alaska
Arizona
Florida
Indiana
Montana
Ohio
Texas
Virginia
Wyoming
Processed less than 20% of applications within 7 days
Arkansas
Maine
Misississippi
Missouri
North Dakota
State did not report data
California
Illinois
Nevada
South Dakota
Clipped from: https://www.beckerspayer.com/uncategorized/see-which-states-process-medicaid-applications-fastest.html