The Medicaid Reserve will serve to improve the transparency of Medicaid funds that are required to support enrollment in healthcare services and related expenses, due to increased unemployment associated with the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (hereafter referred to as COVID-19) pandemic. COVID-19 is a mild to severe respiratory illness that can spread from person to person.

Summary of Services

The Medicaid Reserve, a financial account, will operate under the direction of the Department of Health Care Finance (DHCF). The agency will properly track expenses that are directly related to the COVID-19 pandemic to increase transparency. Local funds will be made available to expand DC Healthcare Alliance and telehealth reforms if DHCF experiences lower-than-projected Medicaid enrollment.