Cutting enrollment time by fixing where providers got stuck
Product Manager · Digital Harbor · 2024–present
25–35% reduction
Faster processing across two redesign cycles, within CMS rules.
Problem
Providers were abandoning Medicaid enrollment partway through. A long, confusing form with weak validation caused a lot of rework, and every field carried CMS rules.
What I did
Looked at where people dropped off, traced it to two specific points in the form, and led a redesign of the workflow and validation that kept the compliance rules but removed the friction.
Key decision
Fix the form itself instead of adding staff to clear the backlog. The queue was long because of rework, so that is where the fix belonged.
Result
Processing time dropped 25% in Q2–Q3 2025, on top of a 35% reduction from an earlier round. Fewer resubmissions and cleaner throughput for the state programs.
What I'd track next
Completion rate by state program, and how often applications come back for rework after submission.