ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Alaska’s backlog of Medicaid applications numbered 15,639 at the end of last month, with about two-thirds of the cases filed last year. The backlog is down from the more than 20,000 cases noted in a state report in May, and it’s down from the 30,000 cases reported the prior year, the Alaska Journal of Commerce reported last week. “Cases that are tagged as emergent, involve a pregnant woman or adding a newborn to any case are being processed on average within 2 days,” Bennett said. About 210,276 people are enrolled in Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program, about 24 per cent of the state’s population, according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The state had 123,335 people enrolled in July 2015, before the Medicaid expansion took effect.

Source: thestar February 11, 2019 05:15 UTC