[header] How to appeal a denial of medicaid [title] Read your notice of action. [step] If your state's agency denies your application for medicaid benefits, it must send you a written notice explaining the reasons for the denial. [substeps] Federal law gives state agencies deadlines to send you written notice. 
If you applied for medicaid because of a disability, the agency must send you notice within 90 days of the date on your application. If your application was for any other reason, the agency has 45 days.