Montana Lacks Staff and Data Systems as Medicaid Work Requirements Near Implementation

Montana's health department has not hired the staff needed to review work requirement applications and lacks access to claims data required to verify medical exemptions as implementation approaches. The state only recently identified qualifying diagnoses for exemptions. These operational gaps raise questions about the state's readiness to administer work requirements without inappropriate coverage losses. The timing and specific effective date are not specified in the available content.

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