- ACA Implementation & State Health Reform
- Coverage and Access
- Federal/State Issues
- Medicaid and CHIP
- Population and Public Health
- Providers and Services
- Acute Care
- Assisted Living
- Behavioral Health
- Case Management
- Child Development Services
- Chronic Care Management
- Community Health Centers
- Developmental Screening
- Early Childhood Services
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- EPSDT
- Family Planning
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- Home & Community Based Services
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- Oral Health
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- Quality, Cost, and Health System Performance
- ACOs
- Adverse Event Reporting
- Care Transitions
- Comparative Effectiveness
- Cost Sharing
- Delivery System Reform
- Fraud and Abuse
- Health Care Workforce
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- Managed Care
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- Medical Malpractice
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- Payment Reform
- Performance Measurement
- Provider Payment Policy
- Quality Oversight
- Specific Populations
- Adolescents
- Childless Adults
- Children
- Children with Special Health Care Needs
- Dual Eligibles
- Elders
- Families
- Low Income People
- Parents
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- People with Developmental Disabilities
- Transitional Youth
- Vulnerable Populations
- Young Adults
- Youth
- Youth in Foster Care System
- Youth in Juvenile Justice System
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Flesh Or Bones? Early Experience of State Limited Benefit Health Insurance Laws
As one means of reducing health insurance premiums, since 1990 about half of the states have enacted laws waiving mandated benefits for health insurance plans sold to small groups and/or individuals. This study reviewed the laws and early experience in eight states where plans have been on the market in 1990 and 1991.
August 1992» -
Making Medicaid Work for the 21st Century: Options for Premium Assistance Programs
One of a series of issue briefs designed to share with federal and state policymakers, as well as other stakeholders, the issues and options raised by the Making Medicaid Work for the 21st Century workgroup. This brief discusses options for premium assistance programs, whereby a state uses public funds (e.g., Medicaid dollars) to pay for a portion of the cost of private coverage.April 2004 -
Using Medicaid to Cover the Uninsured: Medicaid Participant Buy-in Programs
This report briefly reviews findings from the health services research literature on issues related to charging premiums for public health coverage programs. Findings from an October 2002 survey of the 41 current Medicaid buy-in programs operated by 29 states also are presented. Finally, a discussion of the implications of the research findings from the perspectives of the state officials attending the expert meeting is presented. The group addressed practical and policy issues related to charging premiums for Medicaid and, more broadly, some topics pertinent to redesigning Medicaid.May 2003 -
State Experience Using Premium Assistance to Cover Children and Families
Sunday, September 28, 200812:00 pm - 2:00 pmESTThese presentations provide an overview of the premium assistance programs operated in Rhode Island and Virginia. They outline eligibility requirements, benefits provided, the authority by which each state operates its program and more.
Speakers
Lissa DiMauro
Premium Assistance WebinarRebecca Mendoza, Janice Holmes
FAMIS Select: Virginia’s Premium Assistance Program for SCHIP Enrollees
