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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Money Follows the Person: A 2011 Survey of Transitions, Services and Costs
Issue BriefWith the passage of health reform, the Money Follows the Person (MFP) demonstration grant program was extended through 2016 giving states further options to transition Medicaid beneficiaries living in institutions back to the community.
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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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Roads to Community Living: A Closer Look at Washington State’s Money Follows the Person Demonstration
ReportThis case study looks at Washington state's Money Follows the Person demonstration program, Roads to Community Living. The program is responsible for assisting over 2,400 Medicaid beneficiaries with complex long-term services and supports (LTSS) needs in transitioning out of institutions back to community-based care settings.
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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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Key Issues in Medicaid and Home and Community-Based Services and Support
Issue BriefThese briefs examine current issues in providing more people who need long-term care services and supports access to these Medicaid services in home and community-based settings rather than in institutional ones.
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Efforts in States to Promote Medicaid Community-Based Services and Supports
Issue BriefThis brief summarizes lessons in offering more home and community-based services from states at the forefront of the effort. It describes current options for state Medicaid programs and draws on interviews with state officials to provide details about specific policies and procedures in states. Brief (.
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Article and Policy Forum Examine Medicare, Health Reform and the Challenges Facing People With Disabilities
Event Date:EventWednesday, Sept. 8, the Foundation held a policy workshop examining Medicare, health reform and the challenges facing people with disabilities. Younger Medicare beneficiaries with disabilities are much more likely than seniors in the program to report problems accessing and paying for needed medical services, Kaiser Family Foundation researchers report in this Health Affairs article.
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Medicare Spending and Use of Medical Services for Beneficiaries in Nursing Homes and Other Long‐Term Care Facilities: A Potential for Achieving Medicare Savings and Improving the Quality of Care
ReportMedicare Spending and Use of Medical Services for Beneficiaries in Nursing Homes and Other Long‐Term Care Facilities: A Potential for Achieving Medicare Savings and Improving the Quality of Care This report documents the relatively high rates of hospital stays, emergency room visits and skilled nursing facility admissions among long-term care facility residents.
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People with Disabilities and Medicaid Managed Care: Key Issues to Consider
Issue BriefAs many states expand their use of managed care in Medicaid, a growing number of beneficiaries with disabilities are being enrolled in risk-based managed care arrangements for at least some of their care.