(Commonwealth Medicaid Agency) — Are you covered under Medicaid’s Public Health Emergency?
Has your address or contact information changed?
Don’t risk a gap in your Medicaid coverage.
Get ready to renew.
The Commonwealth Medicaid Agency would like to inform community members that the Medicaid program will be redetermining eligibility for individuals whose coverage expired in March 2020 but was continuously covered throughout the duration of the Covid-19 Public Health Emergency or PHE.
On Dec. 29, 2022, President Joe Biden signed U.S. Public Law 117-328, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023. According to the provision related to the Covid-19 PHE, the continuous enrollment requirement is set to expire on March 31, 2023.
The Commonwealth Medicaid Agency is encouraging all members covered under the Covid-19 PHE continuous coverage to submit an application to be redetermined to avoid losing coverage after April 1, 2023.
In addition, the secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Xavier Becerra, has declared that Covid-19 PHE ends on May 11, 2023. This means that Presumptive Eligibility or PE coverage ends on May 31, 2023. The Commonwealth Medicaid Agency advises members of the PE group to submit their full application to the Medicaid Office to determine if they’re eligible for full benefits to avoid losing health coverage.
The Commonwealth Medicaid Agency bases its eligibility criteria on the Supplemental Security Income requirements. All individuals who apply for Medicaid must be a United States citizen, U.S. national, Freely Associated State citizen or a non-U.S. citizen who meets the immigration status to be eligible for benefits, and must be a resident of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
For more information, contact or visit CMA’s offices:
Saipan
Capital Hill, Government Bldg. 1252
Tel: (670) 664-4880/4882
Office hours: Monday to Thursday – 7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. (Closed on Fridays)
Tinian
Tinian Health Center
Tel: (670) 433-9263/9233
Office Hours: Monday to Friday – 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Rota
Rota Health Center
Tel: (670) 532-9461/62
Office Hours: Monday to Friday – 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Application forms are available at medicaid.cnmi.mp
