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NGA’s February 26th Letter to Congress Urging of Medicaid Rules (February 26, 2008)
Governors to Examine Long-Term Care February 24th at National Governors Association Winter Meeting (February 21, 2008)
17 States Face Budget Shortfall 11 Others Expect Budget Problems (January 24, 2008)
NGA Letter to Congressional Leaders on Medicaid Increase (January 23, 2008)
State Proposed Budget Cuts (January 23, 2008)
State and Local Fiscal Relief Talking Points (January 23, 2008)
NGA Issues Guiding Principles on Economic Stimulus (January 23, 2008)
Kaiser: Current Issues in Medicaid: A Mid-FY 2008 Update Based on a Discussion with Medicaid Directors (January 2008)
Kaiser: SCHIP: Reauthorization History (January 2008)
CBO: Options for Responding to Short-Term Economic Weakness (January 2008)
Kaiser's Health coverage and The Fiscal Relief Experience (January 2008)
President Bush Signs Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007 (December 29, 2007)
- Contains Six Month Rehab/Hab Moratorium
30 Governors Urge Congress to Prevent Pending Rehab and Other CMS Rules (December 12, 2007)
Targeted Case Management Interim Final CMS Rule (November 30, 2007)
- CMS Fact Sheet on TCM Rule (December 3, 2007)
Sanders/Collins Dear Senate Colleague Letter on CMS Rehab Rule (November 9, 2007)
- Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) support for Sanders/Collins Dear Colleague Letter
Senate Hearing Held on Legislation to Establish an Entitlement Commission (November 2, 2007)
House Committee Examines 2007 Medicaid Regulations (November 2, 2007)
Senate Approves SCHIP with 2 Year Rehab/Hab Moratorium (November 2, 2007)
AARP Issued 2 Papers on Public Involvement in Medicaid Policy (November 2, 2007)
Grassley and Roberts Letter on Rehab Interpretation (October 23, 2007)
UCP State of Disability in America (October 19, 2007)
Medicaid Spending Increased by 10.7% in the First Half of 2007 (October 19, 2007)
ANCOR Comments on CMS Proposed Rehab Rule (October, 10 2007)
50 State Survey Reports Medicaid Enrollment Declines for the First Time in Nearly a Decade (October 10, 2007)
ANCOR Member Briefs Senate Staff on CMS Hab and Rehab Rule (October 3, 2007)
Long-Term Services and Supports: The Future Role and Challenges for Medicaid (September 2007)
Medicaid Rehab Option Proposed Rule (August 13, 2007)
Medicaid Rehab Option and Current Policy Issues (August 10, 2007)
A State-by-State Look at SCHIP (August 9, 2007)
ODEP Bi-annual Newsletter (July 27, 2007)
GAO Report on Lack of Public Input in Medicaid Waivers Still a Concern (July 24, 2007)
Senate Finance Committee Approves SCHIP Reauthorization Act (Juy 19, 2007)
- Summary of Senate Finance Committee SCHIP Reauthorization Bill (July 19, 2007)
Senate and House Members Introduce Long Term Care Insurance Legislation (July 10, 2007)
Medicaid Infrastructure Grant Programs as of December 31, 2005: A Report on the Status of State (July 2007)
Consumer-Directed, Home and Community Services for Adults with Dementia (July 2007)
Money Follows the Person Rebalancing Demonstration (July 2007)
Money Follows the Person Grants (July 2007)
CMS Solicits Real Choice Systems Change Grant Applications (June 15, 2007)
Long-Term Care Financing: Options for the Future (June 2007)
U.S. Supreme Court Upholds DOL Regulation on Third Party Companionship Exemption (June 12, 2007)
NGA Letter Urge SCHIP Reauthorization and Flexibility (June 11, 2007)
PROVIDER HELP NEEDED: Federal Request for Quality Measures for HCBS (June 4, 2007)
Medicaid Funding for Non-Profit Health Care Organizations (June 2007)
Alabama Becomes First State to Receive Approval for DRA Self-Directed Personal Assistances Services (May 24, 2007)
CMS Awards 13 States Money Follows the Person Grants (May 14, 2007)
CMS Letter to State Medicaid Directors on IT and Medicaid Quality Improvement Program (April 25, 2007)
- States Supporting CMS IT and Quality Program
- Value-Driven Health Care State Participation
Public Citizen Health Research Group Ranking of State Medicaid Programs (April 2007)
CMS Guidance to State Medicaid Directors on Employee Education and DRA False Claims Act (SMDL #07-003; March 22, 2007)
Bipartisan Senate Letter Opposing Recent Proposed Rule (March 16, 2007)
Chairmen Question CMS on Medicaid Rule's Negative Request (March 13, 2007)
CBO Report: Long-Term Spending on Entitlement Programs (March 8, 2007)
NGA Public Provider Letter (February 23, 2007)
New Study Shows Medicaid Spending Can Be Sustained (KFF, February 23, 2007)
CMS Disabled & Elderly 2007-2009 Strategic Plan (February 20, 2007)
Administration's Budget Proposal Shifts Medicaid Costs to States (CBPP: February 14, 2007)
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NGA Asks HHS to Recalculate State FY 2007 Medicaid Drug Clawback (NGA, February 12, 2007)
Economic Report of the President (February 12, 2007; pages 85-105 Health, Medicaid, Medicare)
17 State Breakdown of Money Follows the Person Awards (January 2007)
House Ways and Means Outlines Oversight Priorities (January 17, 2007)
Medicaid's High Cost Population (Kaiser, December 2006)
Congress Passes Provider Tax Rate and Other Medicaid Amendments (ANCOR December 20, 2006)
Provider Tax Provision in the Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006-H.R. 6111 (December 8, 2006)
ANCOR Opposes CMS Regs to Restrict Provider Tax Rate and Rehab Option (December 5, 2006)
Kaiser: Medicaid's Long Term Care Beneficiaries Analysis of Spending Patterns (November 2006)
NASMD Letter to Appropriations On Clawback (October 5, 2006)
HUD Letter to Medicaid Directors (October 5, 2006)
HHS Awards 2006 Systems Change Grants to Eight States (September 15, 2006)
Medicaid Directors Ask HHS to Withdraw Provider Tax & Rehab Proposed Regs (August 15, 2006)
CMS 2007 PRTF Community Based Alternatives Grant Announcement (August 2006)
Nuts and Bolts on DRA Medicaid Changes (Kaiser, August 2006)
CMS Announce Money Follows the Person Demonstration (July 26, 2006)
Medicaid and Long-Term Care Services Fact Sheet (Kaiser, July 2006)
House Letter to HHS Secretary Opposing Regulatory Changes to Medicaid (July 26, 2006)
50 Senators Join in New Letter on Provider Tax Decrease (July 20, 2006)
CMS Fact Sheet on Medicaid Spending Projections (July 11, 2006)
CMS Reports Medicaid Spending Projections Down Again (July 11, 2006)
Dennis Smith Testimony on the Future of Long Term Care and Medicaid (July 10, 2006)
Medstat Memo: HCBS Waiver Amount FY 00 to FY 05 (July 6, 2006)
- Medstat Table: HCBS Waiver Amount by Target Population (July 6, 2006)
- Medstat Table: HCBS Waiver Amount by State (July 6, 2006)
Medstat Memo: Medicaid Long Term Care Spending FY 05 (July 6, 2006)
- Medstat Table: Spending by Long Term Care Program (July 6, 2006)
- Medstat Table: State by State Long Term Care Spending (July 6, 2006)
44 Senators Urge Secretary Leavitt No to Made Administrative Changes to Provider Taxes (June 29, 2006)
NGA Opposes Decrease in Medicaid Provider Taxes (June 27, 2006)
HHS Issues DRA Citizenship Guidance (June 9, 2006)

CMS Citizenship Documentation Letter to States (SMD #06-012)
CMS Citizenship Documentation Fact Sheet

Medicaid Spending Slows Fact Sheet (Kaiser, June 2006)
Understanding Medicaid Changes in Spending and Enrollment Report (Kaiser, May 2006)
Letter to HHS Secretary Leavitt on Medicaid Cuts, (May 8, 2006)
Kaiser Foundation Report Explores Stability of the Medicaid Safety Net for Low-Income Medicare Beneficiaries (May 2006)
New Kaiser Brief on Who Needs Medicaid? (April 2006)
Kaiser Releases New Brief on Medicaid Spending by Enrollees (April 2006)
Medicaid Commission Meets Next May 17-18 in Irving, Texas (April 20, 2006)
CMS April 26th Open Door Forum on New DRA Children's HCBS Psychiatric Waiver (April 2006)
Grassley and Barton Emphasize Congressional Decision of DRA's No Change to Medicaid Under 100% FPL and EPSDT Requirement (March 29, 2006)
CMS Issues State Medicaid Directors Letter on DRA (March 31, 2006)
- CMS DRA Medicaid Reform Roadmap on Long Term Supports
- CMS DRA Medicaid Reform Roadmap on Health Insurance Coverage
- HHS Secretary Leavitt Release on New State Medicaid Flexibility
Rebalancing Long-Term Care: The Role of the Medicaid HCBS Waiver Program (National Health Policy Forum, Georgetown University, March 2006)
Kaiser Issue Brief on Deficit Reduction Act of 2005: Implications for Medicaid (February 2006)
Effective Dates of Key Medicaid Provisions in Reconciliation (Families, February, 2006)
House Passes Medicaid and Budget Provisions by a 216-214 Vote! (February 2, 2006)
New CBO Estimates Show Harm to Millions Under Medicaid Budget Reconciliation (CBPP, January 29, 2006)
Drafting Errors Leave Most Medicaid Adults No Cost-Sharing Protections (CCF, January 26, 2006)
Current Law v. Reconciliation Regarding Cost-Sharing and Premium Standards (CCF, January 19, 2006)
Childrens Health on Line with Budget Reconciliation (CCF, January 19, 2006)
Section 6086 Home and Community Based Option Is a Set Back (January 12, 2006)
Major Health Policy Problems in Budget Reconciliation Report (January 6, 2006)
Vice President Casts Tie-Breaking Vote in Senate on Budget: House Must Re-Vote (December 21, 2005)
Analysis of Worst Provisions of Budget Agreement (December 20, 2005)
Side-by-Side Analysis of Medicaid Provisions (December 20, 2005)
NGA and State Auditors Newest Fiscal Survey of States (December 2005)
High Costs to Beneficiaries on Medicaid Cost Sharing Provisions (December 2005)
CBO Scoring of Medicaid Provisions in Budget Report (December 18, 2005)
Analysis of Medicaid Final Reconcilaition Provisions (December 2005)
Medicaid Benefits Provisions Harmful to Kids and Some People with Disabilities (December 2005)
Kaiser Overview of House and Senate Medicaid Reconciliation (December 2005)
Moderate Republican Senators Urge Frist to Hold Firm on Senate Medicaid Provisions (December 2005)
Senator Baucus Calls on Conferees to Reject House Medicaid Provisions (December 13, 2005)
Baucus Motion Instructing Senate Conferees (December 13, 2005)
Baucus Motion Instructing Senate Conferees (December 13, 2005)
Representative Sweeney House Republican-Only Sign On Letter (December 13, 2005)
HOUSE BUDGET RECONCILIATION BILL WOULD HARM PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES (CBPP, December 8, 2005)
Senate Medicaid Provisions Achieve Larger Savings Without Reducing Access to Care (CBPP, December 8, 2005)
New CRS Report to Congress on Medicaid in Reconciliation (December 1, 2005)
NGA Letter to Congress on Medicaid and Reconciliation (December 5, 2005)
Medicaid Federal Match Rate for FY 2007 and SCHIP Enhanced Rate (Federal Register, November 30, 2005)
Kaiser Webcast of Medicaid Directors Meeting (November 8-9, 2005)
Call Your Representative Now to Oppose Budget Reconciliation Bill with Harmful Medicaid Cuts (November 9, 2005)
- Families USA State-by-State Impact of $13 Billion Medicaid Cut (November 10, 2005)
- New CBO Data on House Budget Reconciliation (November 9, 2005)
- House and Senate Medicaid Side-by-Side Cuts
- House CBO Estimates
Medicaid Directors Letter Opposing TCM in Budget Reconciliation (November 1, 2005)
Why Medicaid Matters (Georgetown, September 28, 2005)
NGA Letter for Katrina Medicaid Relief (September 13, 2005)
- To Senate
- To House
Kids, Medicaid and Quality of Care Webcast and Presentations (September 9, 2005)
Senate Letter Urging Delay of Medicaid Reconciliation (September 6, 2005)
NPR Radio Segment: Pros and Cons of Cutting Medicaid Now (September 6, 2005)
Medicaid Commissions Issues Report Recommending $11 Billion in Medicaid Cuts (September 1, 2005)
Medicaid Commission Adopts Recommendations to Cut $11 Billion in Medicaid (August 17, 2005)
- NGA Governors Statment to Commission
Kaiser: Medicaid and the 2003-2005 Budget Crisis-State Case Studies (August 2005)
Grassley Statement Introducing S. 1602 and Reference to ANCOR Support (Congressional Record, July 29, 2005)
Improving Long-Term Care Choices Act of 2005 (S. 1602)
S. 1602 Summary
NGA Short-Run Recommendations for Medicaid Reform (July 29, 2005)
Side-by-Side Comparison of HCBS Waiver with New HCBS Option (CRS, July 2005)
Oregon Study on Impact of Cost-Sharing, Etc. on Adult Medicaid Beneficiaries (Commonwealth, July 2005)
Webcast: Kaiser & Commonwealth Medicare and Medicaid Turn 40 (July 26, 2005)
Webcast: Cash and Couseling (July 29, 2005)
Families USA Happy Birthday Medicaid Animated e-card and Alert
Importance of Medicaid and SCHIP in Reducing Uninsured Kids (CFF, Georgetown, July 28, 2005)
Medicaid Reconciliation Recommendations to Senate Finance from 105 National Groups (July 18, 2005)
Ten Key Dates in Evolution of Medicaid (CCF, Georgetown U., July 2005)
Medicaid Advisory Commission Appointed (HHS, July 8, 2005)
ANCOR Salutes Medicaid and Send Birthday Greetings (July 2005)
Testimony on Future of Medicaid before Senate Special Aging Committee (Diane Rowland, KFF, June 28, 2005)
Americans View Medicaid Positively (Kaiser Survey, June 29, 2005)
ANCOR supports Bipartisan Bill Ending the Medicare Disability Waiting Period Act of 2005 to help people with disabilities and reduce burden on Medicaid (June 30, 2005)
CMS Medicaid Commission Charter (May 20, 2005)
- HHS Press Release on Medicaid Commission
Senators Bingaman, Snow and Others Introduce Bipartisan FMAP Bill (S. 1007) to Address Formula Problem (Fact Sheet, May 11)
- State-By-State Impact of Medicaid Formula Fairness Act
Congressional Leaders Weigh in to Leavitt on Bipartisan Commission
- Finance and E & C Ranking Members Letter on Medicaid Commission and Cuts (May 10, 2005)
- Bipartisan Senate Letter on Medicaid Commission (May 10, 2005)
Radio Replay: Medicaid Cuts: John Adams with NCSL & Cheryl Mathesis of AARP (NPR, May 10, 2005)
Georgetown University Announces New Health Care Research and Policy Center, Will Address Federal and State Approaches to Medicaid (May 10, 2005)
Web cast Replay: Making the Connection: Helping Health Care Providers Collaborate Via Health Information Networks, Includes Newt Gingrich (Alliance for Health Care Reform, May 9, 2005)
Impact of $10 Billion in Medicaid Cuts by States, Disability, Elderly, Children (Families USA, May 9, 2005)
ANCOR Testimony on Long Term Care and Medicaid Reform for House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health (April 27, 2005)
ANCOR Testimony on Long Term Care to House Ways & Means Subcommittee on Health ( April 19, 2005)
NGA Draft Proposal for Medicaid Reform (April, 2005)
NGA and NCSL Proposals for Medicaid Cuts (Kaiser, May 9, 2005)
Kaiser Health Cast--Medicaid Deal? (April 25, 2005)
HHS Secretary Leavitt to State Legislaors on Medicaid, Medicare (April 25, 2005)
Kaiser Medicaid Webcast Replay: Ask Medicaid Experts (April 20, 2005)
Kaiser Medicaid Webcast Replay: NGA Chair Gov. Mark Warner (April 14, 2005)
House GOP Letter on Medicaid and Budget Resolution (April 13, 2005)
Letter from House Republicans to Chairman Nussle Asking for Removal of Medicaid Cuts from House Budget Resolution (April 8, 2005)
125 National Organizations Support Smitih-Bingaman (March 2005)
CCD Sign On Letter to Senators Supporting Smith-Bingaman Amendment (March 15, 2005)
Senator Coleman (R-MN) Joins in Smith Amendment (March 14, 2005)
The Senate's Cuts in Medicaid and Schip Substantially Exceed Those the Administration Proposed (Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, March 14, 2005)
The House Budget Committee's Proposed Medicaid and Schip Cuts Are Larger Than Those the Administration Proposed (Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, March 10, 2005)
CQ health reporter Kate Shuler in Kaisernetwork audio cast on Congressional budget resolutions that would make cuts in Medicaid funding (March 10, 2005)
Senator Smith to Offer Medicaid Amendment (Press Release, March 10, 2005)
NGA Medicaid Reform Principles Policy (revised February, 2005)
ANCOR Member-Only February 17th Audio Conference
- Medicaid Supporting Documents
  - Medicaid: Issues in Restructuring Federal Financing (Kaiser Commission, January 2005)
  - Medicaid: Medicaid at a Glance (Kaiser Commission, January 2005)
  - Medicaid: Medicaid's Optional Populations: Coverage and Benefits (Kaiser Commission, February 2005)
  - Medicaid: Medicaid Financing Issues: Intergovernmental Transfers and Program Integrity (Kaiser Commission, February 2005)
  - Families USA Estimates of Medicaid Loss for People with Disabilities on State-by-State Basis (February 2005)
  - CMS Fact Sheet on President's FY 2006 Health Initiatives (February 4, 2005)
- Budget Supporting Documents
  - Appropriations and Budget Process Flowchart
  - Introduction to the Federal Budget Process, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (revised December 29, 2004)
  - Glossary of Budget Terms (U.S. Senate Budget Committee)
  - How Our Laws Are Really Made (Source Book for Journalists, Alliance for Health Reform, 2004)
  - Congressional Budget Process: A Timeline & Opportunities for Action, Center for Community Change (January 27, 2005)
  - A Primer on Budget Reconciliation, Center for Community Change (January 27, 2005)
  - A Budget Agenda for the 109th Congress (The Heritage Foundation, December 2004)
- Governors and States
  - NGA Statement on Medicaid in President's Proposed FY 2006 Budget (February 7, 2005)
  - NGA Analysis of President's Proposed FY 2006 Budget (February 7, 2005)
  - Letter from Governor Vilsack (D-IA) to Iowa Congressional Delegation (February 7, 2005)
  - Governors Establish 11-Member Task Force To Develop Their Own Plan
  - NGA Press Release on Working with Administration and Congress (December 23, 2004)
  - Governors Letter to Congressional Leaders and President Bush Opposing Medicaid Cuts (December 22, 2004)
Senator Max Baucus Statement on Medicaid at HHS Budget Hearing (February 16, 2005)
Congressional Research Service: Medicaid and SCHIP: The President's FY 2006 Budget Proposals (February 15, 2005)
Medicaid Bipartisan Commission Legislation Fact Sheet (February 10, 2005)
HHS 2006 Budget in Brief (February, 2005)
Key Foundation Resources on Health Care Issues in President's FY 2006 Budget
Bipartisan Legislation Will Establish Commission on Medicaid Reform (February 10, 2005)
Letter from Governor Vilsack (D-IA) to Iowa Congressional Delegation (February 7, 2005)
NGA Statement on Medicaid in President's Proposed FY 2006 Budget (February 7, 2005)
Families USA Response on Administration's Medicaid Proposals (February 7, 2005)
NGA Analysis of President's Proposed FY 2006 Budget (February 7, 2005)
HHS Secretary's Presentation - Powerpoint (February 4, 2005)
CMS Preliminary Release on FY 2006 Budget (February 4, 2005)
CMS Fact Sheet on President's FY 2006 Health Initiatives (February 4, 2005)
CMS Fact Sheet on President's FY 2006 Medicaid Initiatives (February 4, 2005)
CMS Fact Sheet on President's FY 2006 Health Care Costs (February 4, 2005)
CMS Administrator McClellan Addresses Medicaid Reform (Kaiser Daily, February 3, 2005)
Governor Criticizes HHS Secretary Plan To Curb Medicaid Spending (February 3, 2005)
New HHS Secretary Leavitt Speech on Medicaid Reform (February 1, 2005)
Powerpoint: Preparing for the Coming Medicaid Debate by Jeff Crowley, Georgetown University Health Policy Institute (January, 2005)
Updated "Medicaid at a Glance" fact sheet by Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured (January, 2005)
Governors Letter to Congressional Leaders and President Bush Opposing Medicaid Cuts (December 22, 2004)
Letter from All Senate Democrats to President Bush Opposing Medicaid Cuts (December 14, 2004)
FamiliesUSA's Medicaid: Good Medicine For State Economies (May 2004)
Kaiser: The Role of Medicaid in State Economies: A Look at the Research (April 2004)
Kaiser's Financing the Medicaid Program: Impact of Federal Fiscal Relief (April 2004)
Kaiser's States Respond to Fiscal Pressure: 2004 Update on Medicaid Spending (January 2004)
Kaiser Brief: Medicaid Coverage During a Time of Rising Unemployment (December 2001)
Kaiser: The Role of Medicaid in State Budgets (October 2001)