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Update Your Medicaid Contact Information in Advance of the End of the Public Health Emergency, DHS Commissioner Says

As the declared public health emergency in the United States comes to an end, the V.I. Department of Human Services is calling on people enrolled in Medicaid to ensure that their contact information is up to date.Last month, the White House announced that the Covid-19 Public Health Emergency, declared in 2020 at the beginning of the pandemic, will end on May 11.Part of the emergency response to the pandemic by Congress was the enactment of the FFCRA, the Families First Coronavirus Response Program. This law included a requirement to have participants in the Medicaid program continuously enrolled until the end of this month. The government also adjusted Medicaid reimbursement policies to help improve access to treatment and other resources crucial to controlling the spread of Covid-19. Medicaid rolls in the territory grew substantially as a result, said Kimberly Causey-Gomez, Department of Human Services commissioner, at Monday’s press briefing from Government House.However, once the ...