Which states process Medicaid applications the fastest

CMS released data Sept. 1 showing how quickly states processed new applications for Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program in the first three months of 2022. 

According to the report, in January through March 2022, more than half of Medicaid applications were processed within 24 hours, and about two-thirds were processed within seven days. 

In 20 states and Washington, D.C.,,more than 60 percent of applications were processed within seven days.

See the full list of how the states stacked up below. 

Processed 80-100% of applications within 7 days 

Alabama

Connecticut

District of Columbia

Maryland

Massachusetts

New York

Oklahoma 

Oregon

Rhode Island

Washington

Processed 60-80% of applications within 7 days 

Colorado

Delaware

Hawaii 

Kansas

Kentucky

Louisiana

Minnesota

New Hampshire 

Tennessee

Vermont

Utah

 

Processed 40-60% of applications within 7 days 

Georgia 

Idaho

Iowa

Michigan

Nebraska

New Jersey 

New Mexico

North Carolina

Pennsylvania

South Carolina 

West Virginia

Wisconsin

 

Processed 20-40% of applications within 7 days 

Alaska

Arizona

Florida 

Indiana

Montana

Ohio

Texas

Virginia 

Wyoming

 

Processed less than 20% of applications within 7 days 

Arkansas

Maine 

Misississippi

Missouri

North Dakota

 

State did not report data 

California

Illinois

Nevada

South Dakota

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