Medicaid reimbursement portal access has been restored in some states after what the Trump administration described as an “outage” on Jan. 28 that potentially affected more than 79 million Americans across Medicaid and CHIP.
Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden’s office was among the first to confirm that Medicaid portals maintained by HHS were down nationwide on Jan. 28, shortly after the Trump administration shared plans to pause agency grants, loans and other financial assistance programs. However, a federal judge temporarily blocked the funding freeze until Feb. 3.
About two hours later, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said on X that, “The White House is aware of the Medicaid website portal outage. We have confirmed no payments have been affected — they are still being processed and sent. We expect the portal will be back online shortly.”
Meanwhile, at least 20 states were unable to draw funds from the Medicaid payment system, The Washington Post reported. As of Jan. 29, some states had regained access to portals, though others continued to experience operational issues, according to The Hill. Some states reported no problems at all.
Source: Medicaid ‘outage’ raises questions: The latest / Becker’s Hospital Review