Medicaid Eligibility for Individuals with Disabilities
This issue paper updates the July 1999 report and provides a general overview of federal Medicaid eligibility policy for the low-income disabled population.
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Managed Care for Low-Income Populations with Special Needs: The Tennessee Experience
ReportThis report focuses on Tennessee's experience in moving their disabled Medicaid beneficiaries into managed care.
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Massachusetts’ Demonstration to Integrate Care and Align Financing for Dual Eligible Beneficiaries
Issue BriefMassachusetts is the first state to finalize a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to test CMS's capitated financial alignment model for beneficiaries who are dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid, with enrollment beginning on April 1, 2013.
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Medicare Chartbook
ReportThe Medicare Chartbook includes data and background information critical to understanding the Medicare program and the challenges it faces in keeping up with the rising costs of health care and in ensuring the program s future financial security.
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Medicaid and Upcoming State Budget Debates
Issue BriefThis brief describes current state fiscal conditions as states begin fiscal year 2027 budget debates and highlights key areas to watch for Medicaid policy changes as states respond to fiscal challenges and the 2025 reconciliation law.
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New Reports Examine Consumer Direction for Personal Assistance Services in Four States’ Medicaid Programs
ReportWith a shift towards providing long-term services and supports in the community, policy interest in Medicaid consumer direction of personal assistance services (CD-PAS) has grown. Although overall enrollment in these programs is small, 42 states offered consumer direction in Medicaid in 2006.
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Medicaid and the Elderly
Other PostLong-Term Care Spending In 1993, Medicaid spent $25.5 billion for long-term care services for elderly beneficiaries (Figure 5). This represents 58 percent of the $44 billion Medicaid spent on long-term care services for all population groups. The majority of spending was for care delivered in nursing facilities (84 percent) and ICFs-MR (2 percent).
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A Special Series: The Kaiser Family Foundation and ABC/WCVB Local TV News Initiative – Report
ReportA Special Series The Kaiser Family Foundation and ABC/WCVB Local TV News Initiative: Caring For An Elderly Relative Growing numbers of families today are struggling with the challenges of getting and paying for long-term care for elderly relatives.
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State Options That Expand Access to Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services
ReportThis background paper examines various aspects of the Medicaid program that can expand access to home and community-based services (HCBS) and rebalance long-term care spending in favor of HCBS.
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Kaiser Family Foundation Resources on Deficit-Reduction Debate
ReportThese Foundation resources shed light on how the ongoing national debate about deficit reduction may affect Medicare, Medicaid and other health-care programs.