State officials on Tuesday revealed how they’ll apply a new federal definition for medical frailty, a key but contested exemption to fast-approaching work requirements for tens of thousands of Medicaid expansion enrollees.
The Healthy Indiana Plan served roughly 475,000 Hoosiers as of Sept. 30, according to a quarterly financial presentation from the Family and Social Services Administration, with an “expansion” population of 355,000 working-age adults who earn slightly too much for traditional Medicaid coverage.
Expansion enrollees face work requirements starting Jan. 1…