Templates & Toolkits | Dec 12, 2025

Designing Effective Verification Pathways for Exempt Populations at Heightened Risk of Coverage Loss Under Mandatory Work Reporting Requirements

Kinda Serafi, Patti Boozang, Jocelyn Guyer, Mindy Lipson, Chris Cantrell, Gini Morgan, Yngvild Olsen, and Anna Lansky, Manatt Health

H.R.1 fundamentally restructures Medicaid by conditioning eligibility for expansion adults on compliance with new work reporting requirements. States face the challenge of operationalizing at scale, and in a way that minimizes coverage loss, exemptions from Medicaid work reporting requirements for certain groups of enrollees. This toolkit offers a high-level roadmap for how states can plan to identify and protect three exempt populations.

 


Expert Perspectives

May 22, 2026

The Power of Transparency: How States Can Use Data Dashboards to Effectively Monitor H.R. 1

H.R. 1 will bring wide-reaching changes to the Medicaid program and as these provisions take effect, states will face questions about how the changes are impacting both the Medicaid program and the individuals who rely on it for coverage. This expert perspective outlines the case for state H.R. 1 data dashboards, provides practical design guidance, and highlights successful examples of recent state dashboards.