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State Policies Expanding Access to Behavioral Health Care in Medicaid
Issue BriefOn KFF’s 21st annual Medicaid budget survey, all responding states reported at least one initiative to expand behavioral health care in Medicaid, including crisis service and other benefit expansions, initiatives to expand telehealth and address equity, and managed care changes.
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Rebalancing in Capitated Medicaid Managed Long-Term Services and Supports Programs: Key Issues from a Roundtable Discussion on Measuring Performance
Issue BriefThis issue brief summarizes the key issues related to measuring performance in LTSS rebalancing identified and discussed by participants in an expert roundtable meeting on November 13, 2014.
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10 Things to Know About Medicaid Managed Care
Issue BriefOur updated explainer provides an overview of comprehensive managed care, the most common way states deliver Medicaid services to enrollees.
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Primers on Key Health Care Topics and Programs
Issue BriefThe Kaiser Family Foundation maintains a number of primers providing overviews of key health care programs and issues. Written by Foundation staff, each primer provides key data and information that helps illustrate the topic and its relevance for the nation's health care system.
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Management and Delivery of the Medicaid Pharmacy Benefit
Issue BriefStates are limited in their leverage when it comes to controlling drug spending and use a variety of strategies to manage utilization, including an increased reliance on managed care and pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs). As policymakers debate proposals that include provisions related to Medicaid pharmacy benefits, it is important to understand the challenges state Medicaid programs face and how policy proposals may impact Medicaid beneficiaries and costs.