Blueprinting Medicaid Work Requirements
This blog introduces Code for America’s new service blueprint for Medicaid work requirements, highlighting how it can help states map system changes, identify pain points, and prioritize human-centered design.
Drawing on their mapping work, Code for America argues that implementing Medicaid work requirements will be one of the most significant changes to state health systems in recent decades, especially given the tight timelines states face.
They present three priority areas—automating exemptions via data integration, redesigning application and renewal forms to reduce burden, and choosing lookback/verification periods wisely—to better support clients and caseworkers. The blueprint visualizes how policy decisions, staff actions, client interactions, and backend systems all interconnect, offering states clear guidance on where to focus implementation efforts.
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