Emerging Medicaid Accountable Care Organizations: The Role of Managed Care
This brief examines efforts by a number of states to set up Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) within their Medicaid programs.
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Premiums and Cost-Sharing in Medicaid: A Review of Research Findings
Issue BriefMedicaid covers nearly 60 million Americans. Because the population covered by the program is low-income, federal law limits the extent to which states can charge premiums and cost-sharing amounts, particularly for pregnant women, children and adults with incomes below poverty.
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Case Study: Michigan’s Money Follows the Person Demonstration
ReportThis case study looks at Michigan's Money Follows the Person (MFP) demonstration program, which has enabled the state to accelerate existing transition activities and increase access to home- and community-based services (HCBS) by providing enhanced federal funds for each MFP participant’s 365-day enrollment period.
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Money Follows the Person Medicaid Demonstration Program: Helping People Move Back Home
ReportThis paper contains short profiles four Medicaid beneficiaries who have been helped by Money Follows the Person demonstration programs in Michigan and Washington state.
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Money Follows the Person: A 2012 Survey of Transitions, Services and Costs
Issue BriefThe Affordable Care Act extended the Money Follows the Person (MFP) demonstration grant program through 2016, giving states further options to transition Medicaid beneficiaries living in institutions back to the community.
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Retiree Health Coverage: Recent Trends and Employer Perspectives on Future Benefits
ReportThe report, based on an analysis of Hewitt Associates' client database, presents new trend data on the prevalence of retiree health coverage sponsored by large employers and finds a continued erosion of retiree health benefits.
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Access To Health Care:
ReportPromises and Prospects For Low-Income Americans This book explores critical issues affecting access to health care for low-income Americans by assessing the importance of expansions of health coverage for the poor, the emerging challenges providers who serve low-income and uninsured populations face in a rapidly evolving health care delivery system, and the effects of these…
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Medicare’s Disabled Beneficiaries: The Forgotten Population in the Debate Over Drug Benefits
ReportAbout 5 million Americans under age 65 qualify for Medicare coverage because they are totally and permanently disabled. They are more likely than the elderly to live in poverty, to be in poor health, and to experience difficulties living independently and performing basic daily tasks.
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