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Medicaid plays several different roles of significance to Native Americans. Through its purchase of managed care products, Medicaid is reshaping the health care delivery system for many Native Americans and other underserved low-income populations. Medicaid also assists low-income elderly and disabled Indians who are eligible for Medicare in meeting their premium and cost-sharing obligations.
Native Americans and Medicaid:Coverage and Financing Issues Medicaid as Medicare Premium Assistance The Medicare program provides health insurance coverage for the nation's elderly and disabled.
National Perspectives on Medicaid Managed Care Report: National Perspectives on Medicaid Managed Care…
11. Implications For Safety Net Providers Medicaid's transition from fee-for-service to managed care has enormous implications for safety net providers - those hospitals and clinics that deliver basic health care to large numbers of the uninsured.
Overview of Medicaid Managed Care Provisions in the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 Prepared by Andy SchneiderThe Center on Budget and Policy Priorities for The Kaiser Commission on the Future of Medicaid December 1997 This paper was prepared for The Kaiser Commission on the Future of Medicaid with support from The Henry J.
This report describes the new legal and policy framework within which the shift of state Medicaid programs from fee-for-service to managed care will take place over the next few years.
Report: The Development of Capitation Rates under Medicaid Managed Care Programs: A Pilot Study…
A Review of the Waiver Applications, Letters of Approval and Special Terms and Conditions This background paper provides a summary of the key features of the Medicaid 1115 waivers that have been approved, proposed, implemented and conditionally rejected.
This commentary reviews Medicaid's role for low-income women and examines the implications Medicaid managed care on the delivery of health services to this vulnerable population. Today 40% of the Medicaid population, mostly poor women and their children, is enrolled in managed care.
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