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Medicaid Reform 2006

Reports

50 State Ranking of Economic Distress (March 7, 2008)
27 States Now Need Fiscal Relief (March 7, 2008)
CBPP Report on CMS Case Management Reg Impact on People with Disabilities (February 8, 2008)
Kaiser Report on CMS Regs (February 6, 2008)
Medicaid Watch: State Medicaid and Health Care Cuts and Expansions (January 2, 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)
Medicaid Watch: State Medicaid and Health Care Cuts and Expansions (December 7, 2007)
CRS Report: 21 States to Experience SCHIP Shortfalls (November 15, 2007)
State Perspectives on Medicaid Pharmacy Policies and Practices (November 7, 2007)
UCP State of Disability in America (October 19, 2007)
Kaiser Overview of SCHIP (October 10, 2007)

50 State Survey Reports Medicaid Enrollment Declines for the First Time in Nearly a Decade (October 10, 2007)
Georgetown Study on Medicaid and State Budgets: Looking at the Facts (October 2007)
The Faces of Medicaid II: Recognizing the Care Needs of People with Multiple Chronic Conditions (October 2007)
State Perspectives on Emerging Medicaid Long-Term Care (October 2007)
Alliance for Health Reform: SCHIP “Crowd-Out” Tool Kit (September 12, 2007)
Families USA: How Many Children Are Waiting For Coverage in Your State? (September 2007)
Long-Term Services and Supports: The Future Role and Challenges for Medicaid (September 2007)
Thompson Medstat FY 2006 Medicaid Long Term Care Expenditures (September 2007)
- Expenditures by State
- Institutional and Community Based Comparison
Kaiser Online Data Base of Medicaid Benefits of 50 States (August 2007)
CBO’s Latest Outlook Finds Rise in Health Care Costs Daunting (August 24, 2007)
State Approaches to Medicaid Consumer-Direction (July 2007)
Trading Places: Real Choice Systems Change Grants and the Movement to Community-Based Long-Term Care Supports (June 25, 2007)
Plan for Inclusion: A Roadmap for Improving Medicaid (June 22, 2007)
Long-Term Care Financing: Options for the Future (June 2007)
Medicaid Funding for Non-Profit Health Care Organizations (June 2007)
UCP State Analysis of Medicaid (May 3, 2007)
Medicaid Watch: State Medicaid and Health Cuts & Expansions (May 1, 2007)
Public Citizen Health Research Group Ranking of State Medicaid Programs (April 2007)
April 2007 Medicaid Watch: State Medicaid and Health Cuts & Expansions (April 1, 2007)
Kaiser Fact Sheet: Medicaid at a Glance (March 2007)
Kaiser Medicaid Primer (March 2007)
CBO Letter on SCHIP Estimates (March 13, 2007)
CBPP Examines CBO SCHIP Estimates (March 13, 2007)
Commonwealth Fund: Medicaid - Health Promotion and Disease Prevention for School Readiness (March 6, 2007)
Medicaid Watch: State Medicaid and Health Cuts & Expansions (March 2, 2007)
CBBP: New TANF Requirements and Individuals with Disabilities (March 1, 2007)
Health Affairs: Is Medicaid Sustainable (February 23, 2007)
New Study Shows Medicaid Spending Can Be Sustained (February 23, 2007)
GAO: Public Payers Face Burden of Entitlement Program Growth (February 15, 2007)
Administration's Budget Proposal Shifts Medicaid Costs to States (CBPP: February 14, 2007)
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Commonwealth Report Examines Past, Present and Future of SCHIP (February 9, 2007)
NCSL Report on State Efforts to Encourage Home and Community Based Services (December 2006)
HHS FY 2008 Press Release
- President's FY 2008 Budget for HHS (119 pages)
HHS Unveils 2 New Tools on Pandemic Flu Preparedness (February 1, 2007)
- Community Plan
- New HHS Pandemic Flu Video
New Medicaid Citizenship Documentation Requirement Is Taking A Toll States Report (CBPP, February 2007)
GAO Highlights High Risk Areas in Medicaid (January 31, 2007)
Kaiser: Data Update on Medicaid 1915(c) Home and Community-Based Service Programs (December 2006)
Medicaid's High Cost Population (Kaiser, December 2006)
Home and Community Based Services Programs: Annual Update (Kaiser, December 15, 2006)
Medicaid Commission Recommendations Raise Serious Concerns (CBPP, November 16)
Kaiser: Medicaid's Long Term Care Beneficiaries Analysis of Spending Patterns (November 2006)
Seeking Higher Value in Medicaid: A National Scan of State Purchasers (CHCS, November 2006)
Medicaid: Strategies to Help States Address Increased Expenditures during Economic Downturns (GAO Highlights, October 2006)
HHS OIG FY 2007 Work Plan (October 2006)
CMS Strategic Action Plan 2006-2009 (October 2006)
Medicaid Spending Hits Record Low (Kaiser Press Release, October 10, 2006)
Low Medicaid Spending Growth Amid Rebounding State Revenues (Kaiser, October 10, 2006)
CMS Long Term Care Reform Plan (September 28, 2006)
Healthlaw: Role of State Law in Limiting Medicaid Changes (August 2006)
HSC Report on Medicaid Beneficiary Access to Physicians (August 2006)
Former HHS Secretary Tommy Thompson Issues Medicaid Reform Plan (August 7, 2006)
Medicaid and Long-Term Care Services Fact Sheet (Kaiser, July 2006)
CRS Report: CHIP Overview (July 20, 2006)
Kaiser: New Developments in Medicaid Coverage (June 2006)
CRS Report on Integrating Medicare and Medicaid Through Managed Care (June 27, 2006)
Instability of Public Health Insurance Coverage for Children and Their Families (June 2006)
Automatically Enrolling Eligible Children and Families Into Medicaid and SCHIP (June 2006)
Medicaid Spending Slows Fact Sheet (Kaiser, June 2006)
The Fiscal State of the States (June 2006)
Kaiser Webcast and Materials: Medicaid and Women (May 2006)
Understanding Medicaid Changes in Spending and Enrollment Report (Kaiser, May 2006)
New Kaiser Brief on Who Needs Medicaid? (April 2006)
Kaiser Foundation Report Explores Stability of the Medicaid Safety Net for Low-Income Medicare Beneficiaries (May 2006)
Rebalancing Long-Term Care: The Role of the Medicaid HCBS Waiver Program (National Health Policy Forum, Georgetown University, March 2006)
New Kaiser Primer on Medicaid-Medicare Policy Interactions (March 2006)
Pew Center Special Report on Medicaid (February 16, 2006)
New CBO Estimates Show Harm to Millions Under Medicaid Budget Reconciliation (CBPP, January 29, 2006)
NGA and State Auditors Newest Fiscal Survey of States (December 2005)
New Kaiser State Facts on 1915(c) Home and Community Based Waiver Services
Kaiser Fact Sheet on Florida's New Waiver Fundamentally Changing Medicaid (December 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)
National Experts on Medicaid State Trends and Future (Kaiser Webcast, October 19, 2005)
Proposed Medicaid Cuts Further Damage The Health of Children in Foster Care (Casey Families Program, October 17, 2005)
Why Medicaid Matters (Georgetown, September 28, 2005)
Kaiser: Medicaid and the 2003-2005 Budget Crisis-State Case Studies (August 2005)
Oregon Study on Impact of Cost-Sharing, Etc. on Adult Medicaid Beneficiaries (Commonwealth, July 2005)
Report Assesses Impact of NGA's Proposed Medicaid Recommendations (CCF, Georgetown, July 2005)
- Cost Sharing in Medicaid: Issues Raised by the NGA's Preliminary Recommendations
- Federal Medicaid Benefit Standards: Questions and Issues Raised by the NGA's Preliminary Recommendations
"Medicaid Managed Care: Looking Forward, Looking Back" (National Academy for State Health Policy, June 2005)
GAO Report on States' Use of Medicaid Consultants (June 28, 2005)
GAO Report on States' Efforts to Maximize Medicaid Federal Reimbursements (June 28, 2005)
Report Examines State Medicaid Managed Care Programs: A June 2005 report by the National Academy for State Health Policy, "Medicaid Managed Care: Looking Forward, Looking Back," examines data from six surveys of state Medicaid managed care programs taken in 1990, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000 and 2002 and a focus group in March 2005 to review the survey information. The report presents key findings and trends that could persist and factors that could affect Medicaid managed care's future. Read the report.
GAO Report Draws Attention to States' Use of Medicaid Consultants: According to a June 28 GAO Study, 34 states in 2004 paid consultants on a contingency-fee basis to help the states receive larger Medicaid reimbursements from the federal government. The report to Congress said such consultants drive up federal Medicaid costs in some cases by recommending financial tactics that are in violation of federal law or policy. Senator Grassley (R- IA), Senate Finance Committee chair announced his intent to officially begin questioning governors on this practice as early as next week. See the GAO report.
GAO Report Documents States' Efforts to Maximize Medicaid Federal Reimbursments: A GAO report presented at this week's Senate Finance Committee hearing addresses (1) how some states have inappropriately increased federal reimbursements; (2) ways states have increased federal reimbursements for school-based Medicaid services and administrative costs; (3) how states are using contingency-fee consultants to maximize federal Medicaid reimbursements and (4) how CMS needs to improve its federal oversight. See the GAO report.
Panel on the Nonprofit Sector Releases Final Report: ANCOR participated along with 1,000 other nonprofit represents on a conference call today that described a series of recommedations regarding nonprofit accountability. The Nonprofit Sector Panel has recently released a comprehensive series of recommendations intended to strengthen the ability of the nation's 1.3 million charities and foundations. It recommends more than 120 actions to be taken by charitable organizations, by Congress, and by the Internal Revenue Service, which together would strengthen the sector's transparency, governance, and accountability. In October 2004 at the encouragement of the Senate Finance Committee, the Panel was asked to prepare recommendations for Congress to improve the oversight and governance of charitable organizations. To download a copy of the report or request a copy be sent to you. You can also sign up for future telephone briefings.
States Still Face Fiscal Challenges Despite Strong Revenues (NGA and NASBO report, July 7, 2005)
Americans View Medicaid Positively (Kaiser Survey, June 29, 2005)
Effect of Consumer Direction on Adults' Personal Care and Well-Being in Arkansas, New Jersey, and Florida (May 16, 2005)
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Medicaid: Asset Shelter or Essential Safety Net (Georgetown University LTC Financing Project, May 2005)
Spouses of Medicaid Long-Term Care Recipients (April 2005)
Medicaid Liens (April 2005)
Medicaid Estate Recovery (April 2005)
Medicaid Liens and Estate Recovery in Massachusetts (April 2005)
Home Equity Conversion Mortgages and Long-Term Care Executive Summary or Full Report (Georgetown University LTC Project, March 2005)
CQ health reporter Kate Shuler in Kaisernetwork audio cast on Congressional budget resolutions that would make cuts in Medicaid funding (March 10, 2005)
Congressional Research Service: Medicaid and SCHIP: The President's FY 2006 Budget Proposals (February 15, 2005)
New study showing what caused the growth in Medicaid spending Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured (January 2005)
Program and Information on Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program (CMS 2004 Edition)
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)