Alaska is scrambling to clear a monthslong food stamp application backlog as a major Medicaid change looms ahead. Officials say the delays are currently extending to nearly all aid programs administered by the state’s public assistance division.
the public assistance program lost 100 positions in 2021 —, including lengthy delays and spotty communication.“There’s a reason we recommended adequate staff and maintaining of staffing to address the backlog, and to make sure it didn’t happen again,” she said. “And here we are now.
Those pandemic-era Medicaid requirements saw a jump in the number of enrollees nationwide. The Kaiser Family Foundation, a nonprofit that studies the health care sector,In Alaska, just over 213,000 people were enrolled in Medicaid as of April 2019. The latest Department of Health data from December showed that over 260,000 Alaskans — or over 35% of the total population — received Medicaid, an increase of 22%.
Starting April 1, the state will need to determine if all of the low-income Alaskans receiving Medicaid are still eligible to receive benefits, a process that will be phased out over a year with monthly reporting requirements as federal Medicaid contributions to the state are also scaled down.
Hedberg said the department is looking to contract extra staff to help with the Medicaid recertification process starting in April, but the ongoing food stamps backlog is taking precedence and outreach efforts have been delayed.launched in 2021 has seen its role change as staff became overwhelmed.
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