Strengthening Medicaid:Issue Briefs and Resources
The Strengthening Medicaid project develops fresh approaches to ensure that the Medicaid program is strong and serves as a building block to help achieve key federal and state health care reform goals, especially expanding coverage of the low-income uninsured and controlling costs.
Following are resources related to Strengthening Medicaid. The first section lists publications published by the CCF Strengthening Medicaid project. The second section lists some Medicaid publications by the Center for Children and Families (CCF). The third section lists some relevant publications from outside organizations.
You can also view the Publications section for all CCF publications and the Research section of the State Resource Center for publications by other organizations.
Strengthening Medicaid Issue Briefs
These Strengthening Medicaid issue briefs, which offer new ideas to make the program stronger, are authored by a number of health care experts, including some who bring knowledge and experience from outside fields to the Medicaid context. Additional issue briefs are forthcoming.
- Performing Under Pressure: Annual Findings of a 50-State Survey of Eligibility, Enrollment, Renewal, and Cost-Sharing Policies
Martha Heberlein, et al., Georgetown University Center for Children and Families and the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured
January 2012 - Secrets to Success: An Analysis of Four States at the Forefront of the Nation’s Gains in Children’s Health Coverage
Jocelyn Guyer, Tricia Brooks, and Samantha Artiga, The Georgetown University Center for Children and Families and the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured
January 2012 - Proposed Medicaid Premiums Challenge Coverage for Florida’s Children and Parents
Joan Alker and Jack Hoadley, Georgetown Health Policy Institute
December 2011 - Looking Ahead to 2012, What Changes Are In Store for Florida's Medicaid Program?
Joan Alker and Jack Hoadley, Georgetown Health Policy Institute
December 2011 - Building on a Solid Foundation: Medicaid's Role in a Reformed Health Care System
Vikki Wachino, Cindy Mann, and Martha Heberlein, Center for Children and Families
March 2009 - Increasing the Medicaid Program's Efficiency and Effectiveness: The Role of Medicaid Program Management
Victoria Wachino and Barbara Edwards, Center for Children and Families
March 2009 - Advancing Efficient Management and Purchasing of Prescription Drugs in Medicaid
Jeffrey S. Crowley and Edwin Park, Center for Children and Families
March 2008 - Moving Forward with Quality: State and Federal Approaches to Measure, Manage and Improve Quality in the Medicaid Program
Lisa Simpson, Gerry Fairbrother, and Joe Schuchter, Center for Children and Families
December 2007 - Health Information Technology: Innovative Applications for Medicaid
Josh Seidman with David Barish, Center for Children and Families
December 2007 - Stabilizing Medicaid Financing During Economic Downturns
Vic Miller, Center for Children and Families
December 2007
CCF Publications Related to Strengthening Medicaid
- Medicaid and State Budgets: Looking at the Facts
Martha Heberlein, Joan Alker, and Qursum Qasim, Georgetown University Center for Children and Families
March 2011 - Medicaid at the Ten-Year Anniversary of SCHIP: Looking Back and Moving Forward
Lisa Dubay, Jocelyn Guyer, Cindy Mann, and Michael Odeh, Health Affairs
March 2007 - Why Medicaid Matters: The Frontline Perspectives of People with Chronic Conditions
Center for Children and Families
September 2005 - Attending to Medicaid
Cindy Mann and Tim Westmoreland, The Journal of Law, Medicine, & Ethics
September 2004 - Maintaining the Gains: The Importance of Preserving Coverage in Medicaid and SCHIP
Ellen O'Brien and Cindy Mann, Covering Kids and Families National Program Office
June 2003
Related Resources from Outside Organizations
Analysis of Drug Rebate Equalization Act's Savings to the Medicaid Program
Association for Community Affiliated Plans
September 2008
This study has quantified the substantial savings that would accrue to the Medicaid program – both nationally and at the state level – through passage of the Drug Rebate Equalization Act (DRE).
Toward Real Medicaid Reform
John Holahan and Alan Weil, Health Affairs
February 2007
This paper analyzes options for improving Medicaid through expanding coverage, providing fiscal relief to states, and realigning fiscal responsibilities between Medicare and Medicaid.
The U.S. Economy and Changes in Health Insurance Coverage, 2000-2006
Health Affairs
February 2008
This paper examines the recent decline in employer sponsored health insurance and the consequent increase in the uninsured and impact on public coverage.
State Medicaid Coverage For Tobacco-Cessation Treatments, United States, 2005
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
November 2006
This report contains state by state data on state Medicaid programs’ coverage of tobacco cessation policies.
2007 State Perspectives Medicaid Pharmacy Policies and Practices
National Association of State Medicaid Directors
November 2007
This paper contains state by state data on states’ pharmacy cost containment policies.
Pay for Performance in State Medicaid Programs: A Survey of State Medicaid Directors and Programs
Kathryn Kuhmerker and Thomas Hartman, The Commonwealth Fund
April 2007
This paper contains data on how states are using pay for performance programs to manage and improve quality in the Medicaid program.