Program Integrity in Medicaid: A Primer
Medicaid covers more than 60 million Americans and accounts for about one in six dollars spent on health care in the United States.
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An Update on CMS’s Capitated Financial Alignment Demonstration Model For Medicare-Medicaid Enrollees
Issue BriefBeginning in January, 2013, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will implement a three year multi-state demonstration to test new service delivery and payment models for people dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid.
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Explaining Health Care Reform: How Might a Reform Plan Be Financed?
Issue BriefOne of the key challenges in enacting a health care reform plan is how to finance it among government, employers, and individuals. Of particular concern to policymakers is what effect a health reform plan would have on government spending and the federal budget.
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Explaining Health Reform: Medicare and the New Independent Payment Advisory Board
Issue BriefThis brief describes how the new board created under the 2010 health reform law is expected to limit the growth in Medicare spending over time.
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Medicaid Spending Growth over the Last Decade and the Great Recession, 2000-2009
ReportThis report examines Medicaid spending growth nationally during the last decade, with a focus on growth during the recession of 2007 to 2009.
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Alternatives for Financing Medicaid Expansions in Health Reform
ReportExpanding Medicaid to cover low-income populations has been a fundamental component of leading health reform proposals. The House Leadership Bill would expand Medicaid to 150 percent of the federal poverty level and the Senate Leadership Bill would expand Medicaid to 133 percent of the federal poverty level.
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Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program Provisions in the New Health Reform Law
Issue BriefThis brief compares the Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program provisions in the new health reform law with pre-reform law governing those programs. The analysis focuses on Medicaid coverage and financing changes; how Medicaid and CHIP will interface with a new health insurance exchange and other Medicaid benefits and access changes.
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California and Texas: Section 1115 Medicaid Demonstration Waivers Compared
Fact SheetThis fact sheet compares and contrasts key provisions of the California and Texas Section 1115 Medicaid demonstration waivers. The Texas waiver, approved in December 2011, is modeled, in part, on the California waiver, which has been underway in that state since November 2010.
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One Year After the Launch of 988, the National Suicide and Crisis Hotline Has Received Nearly 5 Million Combined Calls, Texts, and Chats
News ReleaseSince its launch in July 2022, the 988 national suicide and crisis hotline has received about 4 million contacts, a 33 percent increase from the year before, according to a new KFF analysis of publicly available data through May 2023. The contacts include more than 2.
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A View of Medicaid Today and a Look Ahead: Balancing Access, Budgets and Upcoming Changes
ReportThis report highlights key policy priorities and issues state Medicaid programs focused on in FY 2025 and are prioritizing in FY 2026.