AHCCCS
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ARIZONA HEAl-. TH CARE COST CONTAINMENT SYSTEM
March 19, 2008
The Honorable Tim Bee, President
Arizona State Senate
1700 West Washington
Phoenix, AZ 85007
The Honorable Jim Weiers, Speaker
Arizona House of Representatives
1700 West Washington
Phoenix, AZ 85007
The Honorable Russell Pearce, Chair
Joint Legislative Budget Committee
1700 West Washington
Phoenix, AZ 85007
The Honorable Bob Burns, Chair
Joint Legislative Budget Committee
1700 West Washington
Phoenix, AZ 85007
Janet Napolitano, Governor
Anthony D. Rodgers, Director
801 EastJef! erson, PhoenixAZ 85034 '
PO Box 25520, Phoenix AZ 85002
phone 602 417 4000
www. ahcccs. state. az. us
OFFICE OF 1'"
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Dear President Bee, Speaker Weiers, Representative Pearce and Senator Burns:
Pursuant to requirements in the 2007 Health and Welfare Budget, AHCCCS is providing this report on
the effects of changing redetermination policies for certain AHCCCS members. Specifically, the law
requires AHCCCS to report on the effects the six- month redetermination period " for any adult who is at
least twenty- one years of age and who is subject to redetermination of eligibility for temporary assistance
for needy families cash benefits by the department [ of economic security]." In accordance with the law,
the report must include the number of redetermination letters sent out, the number of redetermination
interviews conducted and the number of redetermination interviews resulting in continued acute care
benefits.
Attached to this letter are two tables which provide the information requested. Table One demonstrates
the number of redetermination letters sent out, interviews conducted and interviews resulting in
continued acute care benefits over a seven month period beginning June 2007 through December 2007.
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A total of 55,564 letters were sent, for an average of 7,938 letters sent per month.
A total of 37,734 or 68% of those receiving letters were interviewed, for an average of
5,391 interviews per month.
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Of the 37,734 interviews conducted, 36,009, or 95.4% resulted in continued benefits, for
an average of 5,144 per month.
There were a total of 13,805, or 24.8% of people who were discontinued because they did
not show up for their interviews.
As Table Two indicates, 7,118, or 51.6% of those who did not show for interviews returned to the
AHCCCS program by January 2008.
It should be noted that eligibility is determined for applicants as a family unit, not on an individual basis.
Thus, any termination or continuance of families includes both the children and the adults associated
with that family.
If you have any questions about this report, please contact me at ( 602) 417- 4483.
Sincerely,
Thomas J. Betlach
Deputy Director
cc: The Honorable Janet Napolitano
January Contreras
Jim Apperson
Richard Stavneak
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Table 1
FY 2008 - MA/ AF REDETERMINATIONS
AF HAD AT LEAST 1 MEMBER 21 YEARS OLD
RECIPIENTS
MNAF REDETERMINATIONS Jul- 07 % Aug · 07 % SeD · 07 % Oct- 07 % Nov- 07 % Dec- 07 % Jan · 08 % Julv- Jan Avg.
MONTH LETTER PRINTED Jun- 07 Jul · 07 Aug- 07 Sep- 07 Oct- 07 Nov- 07 Dec- 07
LETTERS SENT 7,158 100.0% 7,238 100.0% 7,678 100.0% 8,241 100.0% 8,226 100.0% 8,758 100.0% 8,265 100.0% 7,938 100.0%
A: MA/ AF APPLICATION SUBMITTED AND
INTERVIEW PENDING 162 2.3% 158 2.2% 188 2.4% 96 1.2% 121 1.5% 146 1.7% 3,154 38.2% 575 7.2%
B: MNAF SHOWED FOR INTERVIEW 5,330 74.5% 5,620 77.6% 5,797 75.5% 6,250 75.8% 5,856 71.2% 6,098 69.6% 2,783 33.7% 5,391 67.9%
MAOPEN 5,136 5,392 5,609 5,982 5,561 5,757 2,572 5,144
MA CLOSED DUE TO OTHER REASON 194 228 188 268 295 341 211 246
C: MA/ AF DID NOT SHOW FOR INTERVIEW 1,666 23.3% 1,460 20.2% 1,693 22.1% 1,895 23.0% 2,249 27.3% 2,514 28.7% 2,328 28.2% 1,972 24.8%
3/ 18/ 2008
Table 2
FY 2008
NO SHOW
FOR THE
MONTH ADDED BACK IN THE MONTH BELOW
RECIPIENTS TOTAL %
Aug- 07 Sep- 07 Oct- 07 Nov- 07 Dec- 07 Jan- 08 YTD YTD
Jul- 07 1,666 625 123 64 83 46 38 979 58.76%
Aug- 07 1,460 533 113 170 28 32 876 60.00%
Sep- 07 1,693 737 210 135 48 1,130 66.75%
Oct- 07 1,895 1,377 225 80 1,682 88.76%
Nov- 07 2,249 1,367 191 1,558 69.28%
Dec- 07 2,514 883 10 893 35.52%
Jan- 08 2,328
TOTAL 13,805 625 656 914 1,840 2,684 399 7,118
