Medicaid Enrollment After Hospital Presumptive Eligibility in the Emergency Department.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Hospital presumptive eligibility (HPE) is an emergency Medicaid program enabling eligible uninsured patients to temporarily access Medicaid benefits during hospital encounters. It provides a pathway to long-term Medicaid coverage, but this feature may be underutilized among patients who received HPE in the emergency department (ED) and were discharged immediately thereafter.

Objective

To characterize if 6-month Medicaid enrollment rates varied by patient demographics and ED encounter characteristics and identify factors that potentially impact enrollment.

Design, setting, and participants

A retrospective cohort study analyzing data from HPE-participating EDs in California between January 1, 2016, and December 31, 2021, was carried out from January 2024 to N

SUBMITTER: Wang S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12032561 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature