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Medicaid’s Role for Children with Special Health Care Needs: A Look at Eligibility, Services, and Spending

Jun 12, 2019

Issue Brief

This issue brief describes the role that Medicaid plays for children with special health care needs. It explains common eligibility pathways, covered services, and program spending for these children. The Appendix includes 50-state data on the number of children with special health care needs covered by Medicaid/CHIP. A companion brief compares key characteristics of Medicaid/CHIP children with special health care needs to those covered by private insurance.

Medicaid Restructuring Under the American Health Care Act and Nonelderly Adults with Disabilities

Mar 16, 2017

Issue Brief

This brief describes Medicaid’s role for nearly 7 million nonelderly adults with disabilities living in the community to help inform the debate about the American Health Care Act’s proposals to end enhanced federal funding under the ACA and reduce federal Medicaid funding under a per capita cap.

Health Affairs Blog: Can States Substantially Reduce Medicaid Spending Through Delivery System And Financing Reform?

Sep 7, 2017

Perspective

In a Health Affairs blog post, Joshua M. Wiener and Melissa Romaire of RTI International and MaryBeth Musumeci of the Kaiser Family Foundation examine whether states could successfully cope with substantial reductions in federal Medicaid funding under a per capita cap or block grant system by improving efficiency in the way both acute and long-term care are delivered and paid for under the program. A review of the evidence in literature suggests that large Medicaid…

More Than 1 in 3 Nursing Homes Received Relatively Low Overall Ratings on Nursing Home Compare

May 14, 2015

News Release

More than one third of the nation’s 15,500 nursing homes, accounting for 39 percent of all nursing home residents, received relatively low ratings of 1 or 2 stars under the federal government’s recently revamped Five-star Quality Rating System, according to a new analysis by the Kaiser Family Foundation. The rating system, overseen by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, assigns ratings of 1 to 5 stars to all Medicare- and Medicaid-certified nursing homes based…

Key Questions About Nursing Home Regulation and Oversight in the Wake of COVID-19

Aug 3, 2020

Issue Brief

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to renewed interest among policymakers, the media, residents, and their families in nursing home regulation and oversight, as residents and staff are at increased risk of infection due to the highly transmissible nature of the coronavirus, the congregate nature of facility settings, and the close contact that many workers have with patients. This issue brief answers key questions about nursing home oversight under Medicare and Medicaid and explains how federal…

Overlooked and Undercounted: The Growing Impact of COVID-19 on Assisted Living Facilities

Sep 1, 2020

Issue Brief

This analysis examines the impact of COVID-19 on assisted living facilities, including changes in cases and deaths between June and August 2020, using state-reported data on COVID-19. The analysis finds a significant increase in COVID-19 cases and deaths among residents and staff in assisted living facilities over this two-month period. Due to the incomplete nature of state reporting, these numbers are an undercount.

State Variation in Medicaid Acute and Long-Term Care Spending Per Enrollee, FY 2011

Mar 29, 2017

Feature

This slide and chart show state variation in Medicaid acute and long-term care spending, per enrollee, for FY 2011

State Variation in Medicaid Per Enrollee Spending for Seniors and People with Disabilities

May 1, 2017

Issue Brief

This issue brief explains the variation in Medicaid spending per enrollee for seniors, nonelderly adults with disabilities, and children with disabilities compared to other populations as well as the variation in per enrollee spending for these populations among states. It also provides a snapshot of state choices about optional eligibility pathways and services important to many seniors and people with disabilities.

January 14 Web Event: A Shot in the Arm For Long-Term Care Facilities? Early Lessons from the COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout to High Priority Populations

Event Date: Jan 14, 2021

Event

With the pandemic taking a heavy toll among older Americans, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and most states have placed a high priority on vaccinating residents and staff of long-term care facilities. People in nursing homes and other long-term care settings account for 6 percent of cases but 38 percent of deaths from COVID-19, a share that has remained largely consistent throughout the pandemic, according to KFF’s updated analysis. KFF held an interactive…

Factors Associated With COVID-19 Cases and Deaths in Long-Term Care Facilities: Findings from a Literature Review

Jan 14, 2021

Issue Brief

This issue brief reviews findings from 30 studies that have examined potential factors associated with COVID-19 cases and/or deaths in long-term care facilities.

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