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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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Medicaid Managed Care: Results of the PHE Unwinding for the Big Five in Q2 2024

The Q2 2024 earnings reports for the “Big Five” Medicaid managed care companies are in.  They tell us that the PHE unwinding is winding down, but it’s still driving declines in Medicaid enrollment for the companies as a group. Here are the numbers. For the fifth consecutive quarter, beginning with Q2 2023, Medicaid enrollment for […]

An Explanation of Final Medicaid Managed Care and Access Rules

Executive Summary While the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has overseen the steady growth in Medicaid coverage over recent years, CMS has faced the additional challenges of ensuring that coverage truly leads to meaningful access to care and that there is strong oversight. CMS recently finalized two key regulations: “Ensuring Access to Medicaid […]

Transparency in Medicaid Managed Care: CMS Posts the MCPARs

There’s been a startling—but VERY welcome—development in the long-running MCPAR saga.  On July 15, CMCS posted on its medicaid.gov the first three tranches of Managed Care Program Annual Reports (MCPARs) submitted by state Medicaid agencies for performance year 2023.  The agency promises to post the remaining tranche for performance year 2023 in October, with quarterly […]

Transparency in Medicaid Managed Care: The MCPAR Saga Continues

Three years ago, the Center for Medicaid & CHIP Services (CMCS) issued an CMCS Informational Bulletin (CIB) on “Medicaid and CHIP Managed Care Monitoring and Oversight Tools.” The CIB triggered a 2016 regulatory requirement that states contracting with managed care organizations (MCOs) submit to CMCS a Managed Care Program Annual Report (MCPAR). The MCPAR contains […]

For-Profit MCOs in Minnesota Medicaid: No More Welcome Mat

Like 41 other states, Minnesota requires most of those enrolled in its Medicaid program to receive services through managed care organizations (MCOs).  Unlike most other states, however, Minnesota is in the midst of a policy conversation about whether to move away from managed care toward fee-for-service.  In May 2023, the state legislature directed the Medicaid […]