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House Welfare Reform Committee Discusses Medicaid

Medicaid (Jan. 29, 2026) – Today, the House Welfare Reform Committee heard from Medicaid Director Christine Osterlund to discuss Medicaid data checks. She highlighted the following topics:

  • Existing Medicaid Data Matching Summaries
  • The process if data matches are unsuccessful
  • Limitations to requesting additional data from federal requirements
  • The back-up processes
  • Income eligibility verification processes
  • Multi-state enrollment and the Gainwell Pilot Project
  • Disenrollment numbers
  • Eligibility Quality Control
  • Payment Error Rates

The committee asked questions about the processes.