What\u2019s changing for AHCCCS?<\/p>\n
Kohler said the consequences of Trump\u2019s sweeping HR 1 legislation are already being felt, but knowing who exactly could be affected by the new Medicaid provisions remains up in the air.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThe individuals who will be impacted by the work requirements, for example, are people in specific federal eligibility categories that basically are working-age adults without dependent children and who are not seniors,\u201d Kohler said, adding that she doesn\u2019t believe most people will be impacted at all.\u00a0<\/p>\n
According to an email statement from AHCCCS, the agency \u201cis focused on complying with evolving federal and state requirements while minimizing disruption for members and providers.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cCompliance involves a combination of policy, operational, and system-level updates, including adjusting existing eligibility and renewing business rules, refining verification logic, and enhancing reporting and audit capabilities within current platforms,\u201d the statement added.\u00a0<\/p>\n
AHCCCS is also in the midst of a modernization process that aims to speed up claim processing, strengthen confidential health data \u2014 through\u00a0HIPAA\u00a0and\u00a0HITRUST\u00a0\u2014 and improve overall efficiency.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThese systems provide stronger access controls, improved monitoring, and greater reliability to better protect sensitive member information,\u201d according to the email from AHCCCS.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThey\u2019ve been working with a system that\u2019s needed some updating for some time. And those are really important things, especially for access to public benefits,\u201d Derksen said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
These changes, Kohler said, will likely come after the midterm elections, depending on what politicians campaign on in relation to the program.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What\u2019s changing for AHCCCS? Kohler said the consequences of Trump\u2019s sweeping HR 1 legislation are already being felt,…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":787383,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5131],"tags":[5229,5643,1587,210,1141,27504,10667,3170,1589,80,10872,27507,27517,27503,27533,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":["post-787382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-phoenix","tag-america","tag-arizona","tag-az","tag-health","tag-health-care","tag-health-economics","tag-health-policy","tag-medicaid","tag-phoenix","tag-politics","tag-public-services","tag-service-economy","tag-social-policy","tag-social-programs","tag-society-of-the-united-states","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116552479674852723","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/787382","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=787382"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/787382\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/787383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=787382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=787382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=787382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}