Health Navigator Perspectives on Implementation of Healthy Michigan Plan Work Requirements.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

In 2020, Michigan Medicaid implemented a new work requirement policy for enrollees in the Healthy Michigan Plan (HMP), the state's expanded Medicaid program. Under the policy, enrollees would be required to report 80 hours of work or other qualifying activities each month or obtain an exemption to maintain health insurance coverage.

Objective

To assess the experiences of health navigators (and beneficiaries by proxy) with the implementation of Michigan's Medicaid work requirement.

Design setting and participants

This qualitative study included health navigators who participated in 11 focus groups from September to December 2020. Focus group questions addressed topics related to implementation and communication of the HMP work requirement policy. A survey wa

SUBMITTER: Kelly RP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9187957 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature