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Implementing Behavioral Health Care Reform in New York's Medicaid Program

Mar 2012

This United Hospital Fund report examines the implementation of New York's Medicaid redesign, which will require participation in care management for beneficiaries receiving behavioral health services.

 

Key Issues to Consider for Outreach and Enrollment Issues under Health Reform

Mar 2012

This brief from the Kaiser Family Foundation's Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured (KCMU), based on a roundtable discussion with federal and state officials and experts, examines key issues related to outreach and enrollment efforts under the Affordable Care Act.

 

State Benefit Mandates and National Health Reform

Feb 2012

This policy analysis on the essential health benefits by the National Institute for Health Care Reform, found that states’ financial liability for mandates that exceed a minimum package of covered services,  is likely to be relatively small.

 

Connecting Consumers to Coverage: The Role of Navigators and Consumer Assistance Programs in Implementing Health Reform in NY

Feb 2012

This brief, by the New York State Health Foundation (NYSHF), aims to address how New York State should implement its navigator and consumer assistance program under the ACA.

 

Rhode Island BHP Assessment

Feb 2012

Rhode Island has conducted an initial assessment of the BHP option and it is considering building it off of an existing and successful program called RIte Share, a premium assistance program for people who have access to employer-sponsored coverage, but cannot afford to pay the premiums.

 

Mapping the Effects of the ACA's Health Insurance Coverage Expansions

Feb 2012

This online tool from Kaiser Family Foundation uses 2010 American Community Survey data to estimate sub-state share of the population who will benefit from new Medicaid eligibility and the new health insurance tax credit.

 

Selection in Massachusetts’ Commonwealth Care Program: Lessons for State Basic Health Plans

Feb 2012

This brief from SHARE grantee Deborah Chollet, Senior Fellow at Mathematica Policy Research, analyzes risk selection over time in the CommonWealth Care program, a Massachusettes state program that serves low-income adults ineligible for Medicaid.

 

Louisiana Breaks New Ground: The Nation's First Use of Automatic Enrollment through Express Lane Eligibiltiy

Feb 2012

This report from SHARE granee Stan Dorn, Senior Fellow at the Urban Institute, gives an analysis of Louisiana's automated Medicaid enrollment via Express Lane Eligibility (ELE).

 

New Mexico Medicaid Modernization Plan

Feb 2012

The Secretary of New Mexico’s Human Services Department has released the state's Medicaid modernization plan aimed at trying to reduce the rising costs of the program across the state.

 

Communicating in Plain Language

Feb 2012

This brief focuses on the language used in written materials for health insurance coverage such as applications, renewal forms, notices, explanatory materials, brochures, etc., both online and on paper.

 
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