Medicaid Continuous Coverage Requirement and Postpartum Hospitalization.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

In 2020, all US states adopted the Families First Coronavirus Response Act Medicaid continuous coverage requirement (CCR), which prevented disenrollment from Medicaid. This policy effectively extended pregnancy-related Medicaid eligibility beyond the previous end date of 60 days post partum.

Objective

To determine whether the CCR was associated with a change in postpartum hospitalization rates for mothers covered by Medicaid during their delivery.

Design, setting, and participants

This cohort study was conducted from December 2023 to March 2025 at all nonfederal acute care hospitals in 20 states using data from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project's State Inpatient Databases from 2018 through 2021. Participants included mothers aged 18 to 55 years wh

SUBMITTER: Meille G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12949437 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature