Stopped: The Healthy Michigan Plan community engagement requirement was implemented on 1/1/2020. On 3/4/2020, a US District Court judge vacated the CMS approval of this policy, thereby suspending implementation of this RCT. This was not an IRB suspension.
The Centers for Medicare \& Medicaid Services (CMS) approved the renewal of the Healthy Michigan Plan (HMP) Section 1115 Demonstration Waiver on December 21, 2018, for the period January 1, 2019-December 31, 2023. This waiver provides approval for the state to require Medicaid expansion beneficiaries ages 19-62 to complete and report 80 hours per month of community engagement as a condition of eligibility, among other waiver provisions, beginning January 1, 2020. Community engagement activities include employment, education, job training, job search activities, participation in substance use disorder (SUD) treatment, or community service. The State of Michigan will implement a randomized controlled trial (RCT) to evaluate the impact of community engagement requirements on Medicaid enrollment, health insurance coverage, self-reported health status, access to and utilization of health services, earnings, and employment, compared to a control group of HMP enrollees exempted from the community engagement requirement for purposes of the evaluation.
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Insurance coverage
Timeframe: 3 years
Enrollment in Medicaid
Timeframe: 4 years
Employment
Timeframe: 3 years
Employment record
Timeframe: 4 years
Educational enrollment
Timeframe: 3 years
Job training participation
Timeframe: 3 years
Number of hours worked
Timeframe: 3 years
Number of hours worked, recorded
Timeframe: 4 years
Earnings
Timeframe: 4 years
Income
Timeframe: 4 years
Health status, overall
Timeframe: 3 years
Days poor physical health
Timeframe: 3 years
Days poor mental health
Timeframe: 3 years
Days limited in usual activities due to health
Timeframe: 3 years