FSSA hiring 400 employees to monitor Medicaid eligibility ahead of work requirements

The state agency overseeing Medicaid is hiring 400 employees to check the eligibility of the 500,000 low-income Hoosiers getting their health insurance through the Healthy Indiana Plan.

By: Leslie Bonilla Muñiz

Outlets: Indiana Capital Chronicle

Published: April 29, 2026

Words: 941

Last Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago

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The state agency overseeing Medicaid is hiring 400 employees to check the eligibility of the 560,000 low-income Hoosiers getting their health insurance through the Healthy Indiana Plan.

Fifty of those have been onboarded as state employees since the effort began last month, according to Family and Social Services Administration spokesman Marcus Barlow.

The hiring spree comes as FSSA prepares to comply with new state and federal work requirements, including more frequent eligibility checks.

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