COVID-19 Response

Virginia Medicaid is increasing access to care in response to COVID-19

Medicaid COVID Response

The Virginia Medicaid agency implemented a variety of policies in 2020 in response to the needs of our members and providers as they confronted the COVID-19 pandemic. Policies protecting members from losing coverage remain in effect, and there is currently no official expiration date for these protections. Some policies affecting providers ended on June 30, 2021, with the expiration of the state Public Health Emergency executive orders.

Please click on the link to the COVID-19 Medicaid Information Eligibility, Enrollment, and Appeals fact sheet to review policies that ended on June 30 and those that do not yet have an expiration date.

Infographic - VA Medicaid is taking action to fight COVID-19

Medicaid's Got Virginia Covered: The COVID-19 Emergency [pdf]

Return to Normal Enrollment

Virginia Medicaid will soon return to our normal enrollment processes. We’re working with health care advocates and other partners to make sure eligible Virginians keep getting high quality health care coverage.

To find more information about this process, including answers to frequently asked questions, visit CoverVA.org or CubreVirginia.org. To find resources for members, stakeholders, and partners as the Department plans for the end of the public health emergency visit the COVID-19 pages of CoverVA.org and CubreVirginia.org.

Virginia Rent Relief Program (RRP)

If you or someone you know is having difficulty in making rent payments due to the COVID-19 pandemic, you may be eligible for the Virginia Rent Relief Program (RRP). To find out if you may be eligible, visit www.dhcd.virginia.gov/eligibility or dial 2-1-1 from any phone.

Emergency Waivers

For the length of the emergency, we are making changes to: telemedicine, service authorization, client appeals, out-of-pocket costs to members, prescription limits, face-to-face requirements, behavioral health, and eligibility and enrollment. Regulatory waivers for these changes are detailed here.
For the length of the emergency, we are changing: home care and hospice, level of care determinations, nursing facility data reporting, nursing facility screening, remote certifications and assessments, durable medical equipment, background checks for personal care, paying responsible parties for certain services, provider screening and enrollment, and additional changes to client appeals and service authorization. Regulatory waivers for these changes are detailed here.