New Orleans Five Years After the Storm: A New Disaster Amid Recovery
This comprehensive survey of the experiences of New Orleans residents is the third in a series conducted by the Kaiser Family Foundation since 2005.
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Proposed Models to Integrate Medicare and Medicaid Benefits for Dual Eligibles: A Look at the 15 State Design Contracts Funded By CMS
Issue BriefThis brief summarizes 15 states' preliminary proposals to better coordinate care for people who are in both the Medicare and Medicaid programs.
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Innovations in Primary Care: What’s in the ACA?
Event Date:EventThe Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act aims to move the health care system away from an episodic, fee-for-service approach and towards a coordinated, preventive model of care delivery.
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Investing in Health IT: What the U.S. and Other Countries Are Learning
Event Date:EventRecent legislation, including the stimulus package and the new health reform law, invests substantial funds in health information technology which can help prevent medical errors and improve the quality and value of care. However, questions have been raised about the cost of implementation and personal privacy considerations.
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Accountable Care Organizations: A New Paradigm for Health Care Delivery?
Event Date:EventThe health reform law of 2010 authorizes Medicare, beginning next year, to contract with accountable care organizations (ACOs) in a Medicare Shared Savings Program. ACOs provide financial incentives to improve the coordination and quality of care for Medicare beneficiaries, while reducing costs.
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The Health Workforce Dream Team: Who Will Provide the Care?
Event Date:EventMany providers and policymakers envision team-based care as an important way to improve quality and maximize resources. The “dream team” includes nurses and many other non-physician providers.
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Improving maternity and infant birth outcomes in the U.S.
FeatureImproving maternity and infant birth outcomes in the U.S. Download Source Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2002.
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A Primer on Dually Eligible Beneficiaries
Event Date:EventThe nine million dually eligible beneficiaries are generally poorer and sicker than other Medicare beneficiaries, tend to use more health care services, and thus account for a disproportionate share of Medicare and Medicaid spending.
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The Alphabet Soup of Care Delivery Transformation
Event Date:EventBoth the private and public sectors are testing various care delivery transformation models to improve quality, reduce morbidity and mortality, and contain the costs of treatment. The Alliance for Health Reform and WellPoint, Inc. hosted a September 10 briefing to discuss delivery system innovations, Medicare care coordination, and low-spending health care practices.
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State Medicaid Officials Project Flat Enrollment Post Unwinding but Increased Spending and Budget Pressures, as States Prepare for Impact of Federal Medicaid Policy Changes
News ReleaseAs states completed the “unwinding” of pandemic-era continuous coverage, Medicaid enrollment fell 7.6% in FY 2025 and is expected to be largely flat in FY 2026. At the same time, total Medicaid spending grew by 8.6% in FY 2025 and is expected to grow by 7.9% in FY 2026.