Federal regulations on the treatment of the “medically frail” could in fact provide an “opportunity” for states which seek to expand their Medicaid programs in the future, notes Sherry Campanelli, MPA, disability evaluation expert at UMass Medical School.

States still moving ahead with Medicaid expansion face an added challenge: Setting up systems to identify and properly enroll “medically frail” individuals, notes Sherry Campanelli, a disability evaluation expert at UMass Medical School.

Whether the nation’s sickest and most vulnerable people receive full Medicaid benefits hinges on what states they live in, notes Sherry Campanelli, MPA, an expert in disability evaluation at UMass Medical School.