Reports & Analysis

This report by the Kaiser Family Foundation's Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, finds that most states are on track with their Medicaid budget and enrollment trends for fiscal year 2012 and do not anticipate the need for significant mid-year cuts.

This fact sheet summarizes key provisions in the Affordable Care Act that may affect small businesses and their employees, and explains the law’s small business tax credits and the Small Business Health Options Program exchanges to be established in each state by 2014.

In this NIHCM Expert Voice brief, Dr. Sinaiko explains the latest developments and research and offers her thoughts on the ways tiered provider networks may evolve in the future as a way to contain rising health care costs.

This Alavere study examines formulary coverage among plans that states may select as Essential Health Benefit benchmarks.

The Bipartisan Policy Center's Task Force on Delevery System Reform and Health IT report discusses barriers that hinder the adoption, use, and alignment health information technology.

This Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation report provides an update on trends in Massachusetts since fall 2006 and an overview of the circumstances of working-age adults in the state as of fall 2010 that provides a baseline for understanding changes under the ACA in Massachusetts.

This report is the Kaiser Family Foundation's annual 50-state survey of Medicaid and CHIP eligibility rules; enrollment and renewal procedures; and cost-sharing practices.

This report explores models of collaboration among state officials in order to inform exchange directors about options for sustainable ongoing support.

This issue brief examines whether there is a correlation between the progress that states have made toward establishing the health insurance exchanges called for under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), and the expected benefits for state residents.

This table is a one-stop resource that shows states' request for an adjustment to the MLR standard, a consumer protection provision under the ACA. The HHS Secretary may determine that a state meeting the 80% Medical Loss Ratio standard may destabilize the individual market. In order to qualify for this adjustment, a state must demonstrate that requiring insurers in its individual market to meet the 80% MLR has a likelihood of destabilizing the individual market and result in fewer choices for consumers.