Quantitative Analysis Reports
Medicaid Expansion Would Lighten Spending Burden
A state-by-state analysis shows where Medicaid expansion could have the most impact on reducing the financial burden of medical costs.
Medicaid
Urban Institute Real Time Policy Analysis
No Vet Left Behind
As many as 40 percent of the nation's 1.3 million uninsured veterans could qualify for Medicaid under provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), a new analysis suggests. Whether veterans receive these benefits depends on which states opt to expand Medicaid.
State Network Resources
Medicaid Expansion: Who Won't Be Eligible?
Despite the far-reaching Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), large numbers of low-income uninsured adults won't be eligible because of their immigration status. This brief provides the first state-specific estimates of the number of uninsured low-income adults who fall into that category.
Survey
Support for State Insurance Exchanges Spans Party Lines
Fifty-five percent of the public say establishing the exchanges is a “top priority,” according to a survey released by RWJF, the Kaiser Family Foundation, and the Harvard School of Public Health.
Urban Institute Real Time Policy Analysis
More to Gain, Less to Lose
Under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) implementation, hospitals will likely gain $2.59 in new revenue from Medicaid participants for every dollar lost from private health insurance revenue.
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Collaborating with Medicaid to Improve Health Care
October 1, 2012 | Issue Brief
This brief from the Center for Health Care Strategies profiles two multi-payer quality improvement Alliances that are part of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Aligning Forces for Quality (AF4Q) initiative.
State Variation in Primary Care Physician Supply
March 1, 2011 | Issue Brief
Study finds mismatch between states with largest anticipated Medicaid enrollment expansion and their supply of PCPs.
Impact of Policy Changes on Emergency Department Use by Medicaid Enrollees in Oregon
July 1, 2010 | Journal Article
During a period of drastic cuts in Medicare benefits, primary care providers in Oregon were able to refuse services to Medicare enrollees who could not make co-payments this article reports fluctuations in emergency department visits during that time.
Unintended Impacts of a Medicaid Prior Authorization Policy on Access to Medications for Bipolar Illness
January 1, 2010 | Journal Article
This article examines the effects of a prior authorization policy put into effect by Maine Medicaid to control the cost of psychotropic medications. Little is known about whether such prior authorizations have unintended consequences on treatment for mental illness.
Handbook and Multilingual Workshops Educate Medicaid Recipients about Managed Care Plans in New York City and Philadelphia
December 1, 2001 | Program Result Report
The Community Service Society of New York to expand an education program for Medicaid beneficiaries enrolled in managed care. Researchers from New York University evaluated the program.
The Medicaid Managed Care Program
January 1, 2006 | Book
Recommended Reading California's Shift to Medicaid Managed Care Doesn't Save Money or Improve Outcomes By the 1990s most Medicaid programs used managed care, and by 2003 some 60 percent of Medicaid beneficiaries were in managed care programs, largel ...
The Story of Tyjhe Hargrove
June 4, 2006 | Program Result Report
Tyjhe Hargrove, who was 5 years old when his mother joined Affinity Health Plan, has suffered from asthma since he was a baby. He has trouble breathing when the weather is especially cold or especially hot or the air is full of pollen.
How Politics Affect and Influence Medicaid's Venture Into Managed Care
April 1, 2002 | Program Result Report
From 1997 to 1999, researchers at the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research examined the political structures that states adopt to create and implement Medicaid managed-care (MMC) programs.
Evaluating Florida's Medicaid Provider Services Network Demonstration
February 1, 2008 | Journal Article
A reform initiative that will include provider service networks (PSN) among the managed care organizations that may organize and deliver care to Medicaid enrollees.
Reform in Action: Equity in the Context of Health Reform
October 1, 2012
Insights on equity in health care from Aligning Forces for Quality and Finding Answers: Disparities Research for Change.