Medicaid in Uncertain Times: Results from a 50-State Medicaid Budget Survey for State Fiscal Years 2017 and 2018 at a Forum with the National Association of Medicaid Directors
At 9:30 a.m. ET on Thursday, Oct. 19, the Kaiser Family Foundation released its 17th annual 50-state Medicaid budget survey for state fiscal years 2017 and 2018. Kaiser and the National Association of Medicaid Directors (NAMD) are holding a joint briefing to discuss trends in enrollment and spending and highlight key policy developments in state programs at a time when policymakers in Washington and some states have sought big changes to Medicaid and its financing. The survey provides new information on a host of topics, including trends in Medicaid enrollment and spending growth; initiatives to address the opioid crisis; provider payment rates and taxes; pending and approved waiver changes pursued by states; and Medicaid managed care trends.
In conjunction with the briefing, the Foundation released three reports based on the survey:
- Medicaid Enrollment & Spending Growth: FY 2017 & 2018
- Medicaid Moving Ahead in Uncertain Times: Results from a 50-State Medicaid Budget Survey for State Fiscal Years 2017 and 2018.
- Putting Medicaid in the Larger Budget Context, An In-Depth Look at Three States (Nevada, North Carolina and West Virginia) in FY 2017 and FY 2018
Diane Rowland, the Executive Vice President of the Foundation, moderated the briefing. Survey findings were presented by co-authors Robin Rudowitz, an Associate Director of the Foundation’s Program on Medicaid and the Uninsured, and Kathy Gifford, a Principal at Health Management Associates, which helped conduct the survey.
Offering perspective are Medicaid directors from two states:
- Kate McEvoy, Vice President of the Board of Directors of NAMD and Director of the Division of Health Services, Connecticut Department of Social Services
- Michael Heifetz, Medicaid Director, Wisconsin Department of Health Services