Insurance commissioner issues bulletin regarding PHE unwinding and Medicaid coverage

Posted on: 3/10/23

Glen Mulready, Oklahoma insurance commissioner, released a bulletin to health insurers and other interested parties this week outlining the timeline and process for resuming SoonerCare eligibility reviews. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, routine SoonerCare eligibility renewals were paused as part of the Public Health Emergency (PHE). Medicaid agencies were required to continue health care coverage for members, even if their eligibility changed. This means members could continue being covered by SoonerCare during the PHE, even if they no longer qualify.

As the Public Health Emergency ends, Oklahoma will soon be required to restart eligibility reviews for all SoonerCare members as a part of the PHE unwinding process. View the insurance commissioner’s bulletin here.

You can view more resources related the Medicaid eligibility unwinding, including information we previously published about a special Health Care Marketplace enrollment period for those affected, on the OHA website.