menu

Filling the need for trusted information on national health issues…

  • Your Selections:

Refine Results

date

Topics

Tags

Content Type

Program

Total Results: 102

Sort by Relevance | Sorting by Date

November 10, 2017 Landing Page

8 FAQs: Medicare Medical Home Models

Medical homes are typically team-based primary care practices that provide the majority of their patients’ health care needs either directly, or through coordination with other providers. These FAQs describe the medical home models in Medicare, and answer questions pertaining to spending and quality results, where models are located, and how many beneficiaries are involved. These Medicare medical home FAQs are part of the Medicare Delivery System Reform Evidence Link.

November 10, 2017 Landing Page

8 FAQs: Medicare Bundled Payment Models

Bundled payment models are a way for Medicare to establish a total budget for all services provided to a beneficiary throughout an episode of care. These FAQs describe the different types of Medicare bundled payment models, and answer questions pertaining to spending and quality results, where models are located, and how many beneficiaries are involved. These Medicare bundled payment FAQs are part of the Medicare Delivery System Reform Evidence Link.

November 10, 2017 Landing Page

Medicare Delivery System Reform: The Evidence Link

The Kaiser Family Foundation’s Evidence Link is an interactive resource that pulls together the latest available evidence on Medicare payment and delivery system reform models, with an initial focus on accountable care organization (ACO), medical home, and bundled payment models. Through FAQs and side-by-side comparison tables, the Evidence Link synthesizes the most up-to-date information on savings and quality results, and describes key design features of each Medicare model, such as how providers are paid, the number of beneficiaries receiving care under each model, where models are being tested, and timelines for evaluations.

November 10, 2017 Landing Page

The Evidence Link: A Tutorial

This tutorial walks users through the Medicare Delivery System Reform Evidence Link, including its FAQs and side-by-side comparison tables on Medicare accountable care organization (ACO), medical home, and bundled payment models.

October 19, 2017 Interactive

Mapping Medicaid Delivery System and Payment Reform

This interactive provides state-by-state data on Medicaid delivery system and payment reform initiatives. Users can track state Medicaid managed care, patient-centered medical home (PCMH), Health Home, Accountable Care Organization (ACO), and Delivery System Reform Incentive Payment (DSRIP) waiver activity.

October 19, 2017 Report

Medicaid Moving Ahead in Uncertain Times: Results from a 50-State Medicaid Budget Survey for State Fiscal Years 2017 and 2018

This report provides an in-depth examination of the changes taking place in Medicaid programs across the country. Report findings are drawn from the annual budget survey of Medicaid officials in all 50 states and the District of Columbia conducted by the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) and Health Management Associates (HMA), in collaboration with the National Association of Medicaid Directors (NAMD). This report examines the reforms, policy changes, and initiatives that occurred in FY 2017 and those adopted for implementation for FY 2018 (which began for most states on July 1, 2017). Key areas covered include changes in eligibility and enrollment, managed care and delivery system reforms, long-term services and supports, provider payment rates and taxes, covered benefits (including prescription drug policies), and opioid harm reduction strategies.

October 10, 2017 FAQ

Medicare Open Enrollment FAQs

This list of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about Medicare Open Enrollment covers a range of topics related to Medicare enrollment, Medicare Advantage, Part D, Medigap, employer/retiree coverage, Medicaid and other low-income assistance, Medicare and the Marketplaces, and more.

April 24, 2017 Issue Brief

Data Note: Medicaid Managed Care Growth and Implications of the Medicaid Expansion

Most states today rely heavily on risk-based managed care organizations (MCOs) to serve Medicaid beneficiaries. This Data Note discusses the current role of managed care in Medicaid and examines differences in managed care growth between states that expanded Medicaid to low-income adults under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and states that did not expand Medicaid.

The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation Headquarters: 2400 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025 | Phone 650-854-9400
Washington Offices and Barbara Jordan Conference Center: 1330 G Street, NW, Washington, DC 20005 | Phone 202-347-5270

www.kff.org | Email Alerts: kff.org/email | facebook.com/KaiserFamilyFoundation | twitter.com/KaiserFamFound

Filling the need for trusted information on national health issues, the Kaiser Family Foundation is a nonprofit organization based in Menlo Park, California.