Missouri Works to Cut Medicaid Application Process Wait in Half by Federal Deadline

(MISSOURINET) –  The Missouri Department of Social Services says the average wait time to process a Medicaid application is about 85 to 90 days. The federal government requires applications to be processed within 45 days and the state agency says it is on target to cut that wait time in half by the federal deadline of September 30. Acting Director Robert Knodell (no-DELL) says the department has dealt with staffing shortages but it continues to work toward the deadline.

The department has between 900 and one-thousand vacancies.