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Andy Schneider

is a Research Professor at the Georgetown University McCourt School of Public Policy.

Andy Schneider is a Research Professor of the Practice at the Georgetown University McCourt School of Public Policy. Schneider has over 40 years of experience with the Medicaid program as a Congressional staffer, Executive Branch employee, private consultant, and public interest attorney. Most recently, he served under the Obama Administration as a Senior Advisor at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), where he focused on program integrity issues in Medicaid. He joined the Center for Children and Families in March of 2017. Andy has written extensively on Medicaid issues and led the development of the Medicaid Resource Book (2002) for the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured. His current research at CCF examines the role of transparency in identifying and improving the performance of Medicaid managed care organizations for children.  In December 2019 Andy was appointed to the Healthy California for All Commission. He is a graduate of Princeton University and the University of Pennsylvania Law School. Please contact Cathy Hope (catherine.hope@georgetown.edu) with media queries or to set up an interview with Andy.

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Cutting Federal Medicaid Payments to States:  Bad News for Their Credit Ratings

Medicaid is the nation’s largest health insurer, covering over 70 million Americans.  And, as a new CCF report documents, it is a particularly important source of coverage for children and adults in rural areas and small towns.  Republicans in the House are reportedly discussing (here and here) cutting federal Medicaid spending by up to $2.3 […]

The Tennessee “Shared Savings” Waiver: Not a Medicaid Block Grant

As our colleague Edwin Park has explained, there is keen interest on the part of some Congressional Republican leaders in capping federal Medicaid payments to states, ideally by converting Medicaid from a health insurance program into a block grant.  Currently, the federal government matches state spending for the costs of health and long-term care services […]

The Truth about Fraud Against Medicaid

As my colleague Edwin Park has explained, capping federal Medicaid payments to states will likely be a key objective for the incoming administration.  To lay the groundwork for this radical cost shift, the administration and its allies can be expected to argue that the Medicaid program is riddled with fraud.  A leading proponent is Brian […]

Medicaid Managed Care in 2024:  The Year That Was

2024 was a year of transition for Medicaid managed care.  At the federal level, there were significant revisions in regulatory requirements relating to access to care and increases in transparency about MCO performance.  At the state level, the end of the unwinding of the public health emergency continuous eligibility requirement meant the end of the […]

Medicaid Managed Care: Transparency for Young Children in 12 States

Regular Say Ahhh! readers know that most children covered by Medicaid in most states received their coverage through private insurance companies, or managed care organizations (MCOs).  We believe that publicly-available data on Medicaid managed care performance is key to fully understanding how well Medicaid MCOs are working for children. Consistent, MCO-level data helps identify gaps […]