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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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Medicaid and Managed Care: Implications for Low-income Women

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    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. Medicaid agencies are hoping managed care will control spending and address longstanding problems with access to care. Low-income women have a number of characteristics that make them doubly vulnerable to have trouble accessing…