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  • Native Americans and Medicaid: Coverage and Financing Issues

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    Native Americans and Medicaid:Coverage and Financing Issues Prepared by Andy Schneider and JoAnn Martinez, The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities for The Kaiser Commission on the Future of Medicaid December 1997 Table 1: Medicaid Eligibility Thresholds Pregnant Women, Infants and Children (Effective October 1997) Other Eligibility Categories State Pregnant Women and Infants Children Under Age Six Children Ages Six and Older Upper Age Limit Asset Test Required Supplemental Security Income, 1996 Max. AFDC Payments…

  • Native Americans and Medicaid: Coverage and Financing Issues – Report

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    Native Americans and Medicaid:Coverage and Financing Issues Prepared by Andy Schneider and JoAnn Martinez, The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities for The Kaiser Commission on the Future of Medicaid December 1997 Table Of ContentsHighlights ii I: Background On Native American Health Care 1 II: Medicaid's Role For Native Americans 4 1. Medicaid as a Source of Health Coverage 4 2. Medicaid as a Source of Revenue for Hospitals and Clinics 6 3. Medicaid and…

  • Native Americans and Medicaid: Coverage and Financing Issues

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    Native Americans and Medicaid:Coverage and Financing Issues Medicaid and Welfare Until 1996, families with children who received cash assistance under the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program were automatically entitled to Medicaid coverage. The welfare law enacted that year, Public Law 104-193, repealed the AFDC program and created a Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant to the states. The 1996 welfare law also severed the automatic eligibility linkage between welfare and…

  • Overview of Medicaid Managed Care Provisions in the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 – Report

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      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. Kaiser Family Foundation. The views represented in this report are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views…

  • Overview of Medicaid Managed Care Provisions in the Balanced Budget Act of 1997

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    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. Medicaid has been a major revenue source for many of these providers, because it has reimbursed for the care and services they deliver to low-income patients who, without Medicaid coverage, generally would have no other source of payment. The…

  • Statewide Medicaid Managed Care Demonstrations under Section 1115 of the Social Security Act:

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    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 July version updates Medicaid 1115 Demonstration Waivers: Approved and Proposed Activities as of February 1995, as well as policy briefs on Medicaid waivers released in August and November of 1994. Report: Statewide Medicaid Managed Care Demonstrations…