A Comparison of the Seventeen Approved Katrina Waivers
This fact sheet summarizes and compares seventeen states' approved Medicaid waivers related to Hurricane Katrina evacuees. Fact Sheet (.
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Massachusetts’ Demonstration to Integrate Care and Align Financing for Dual Eligible Beneficiaries
Issue BriefMassachusetts is the first state to finalize a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to test CMS's capitated financial alignment model for beneficiaries who are dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid, with enrollment beginning on April 1, 2013.
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New Developments in Medicaid Coverage: Who Bears Financial Risk and Responsibility?
Issue BriefA few recent state Medicaid initiatives have emerged that take the program into new directions. States have expressed a number of objectives in developing these approaches, including offering beneficiaries greater choice, promoting personal responsibility and healthier behaviors among enrollees, and, in some cases, relying more heavily on the private marketplace.
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The Vermont Choices for Care Long-Term Care Plan: Key Program Changes and Questions
Fact SheetThe Vermont Choices for Care Long-Term Care Plan: Key Program Changes and Questions This fact sheet summarizes Vermont’s Section 1115 waiver to make fundamental changes to its Medicaid program that provides long-term services and supports to eligible, low-income state residents.
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Coverage Gains Under Recent Section 1115 Waivers: A Data Update
Issue BriefThis brief assesses the extent to which recent Section 1115 waivers have helped reduce the number of uninsured people and finds that there has been a net gain in coverage of 426,329 people under recent waivers. Issue Paper (.
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Serving Low-Income Families Through Premium Assistance: A Look At Recent State Activity
Issue BriefThis issue paper examines the policies in the HIFA waiver initiative that provide incentives for states to use Medicaid/SCHIP funds to assist in the purchase of private insurance options. It also reports on how states have responded to these new policies and what key policy questions are raised about premium assistance programs. Issue Paper (.
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The New Medicaid and CHIP Waiver Initiatives
ReportA new report describes past waiver activity, the principles of the new HIFA initiative, and related policy implications.
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KYHealth Choices Medicaid Reform: Key Program Changes and Questions
Fact SheetThis fact sheet summarizes the key changes Kentucky has approved for its Medicaid program as a result of the new flexibility available through the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005. Kentucky uses new options related to benefits, cost sharing and long-term care. Fact Sheet (.
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Family Coverage Under SCHIP Waivers
Issue BriefCurrently, eleven states cover parents with SCHIP funds via a federal waiver. This paper examines these programs and considers them within the context of the states' efforts to cover children. Issue Brief (.
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Healthy Indiana Plan: Key Facts and Issues
Issue BriefThis issue brief provides an overview of Indiana's new Medicaid waiver program, the Healthy Indiana Plan, which is the first that allows a state to use Medicaid funds to provide a benefit package modeled after a high-deductible plan and health savings account to previously uninsured adults.