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Andy Schneider

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. 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: Transparency Tips for Advocates

In the world of Medicaid managed care, as Ringo might say, transparency don’t come easy. That is one take-away from a lawsuit filed earlier this week by the Better Government Association (BGA), which describes itself as “Illinois’ non-partisan full-service watchdog,” against the state’s Medicaid agency, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services (HFS), which runs […]

A Guide for Child Health Advocates: Medicaid Managed Care Accountability Through Transparency

Medicaid, Managed Care, and Transparency Medicaid is the nation’s largest health insurer for children—over 35 million at last count—and pays for nearly half of the nation’s births. It offers a comprehensive pediatric benefit—Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment (EPSDT) services—for children and comprehensive maternity care for pregnant women. In most states, Medicaid agencies contract […]

Medicaid Managed Care: Transparency, Procurement, and Children’s Health

Last month, Children Now released a report on the delivery of preventive health services to children by Medicaid managed care organizations (MCOs) in California.   The report analyzes MCO-specific performance data for 2019 for five different measures: well-child visits in the first 15 months of life; child and adolescent well-child visits; lead screening for children under […]

Medicaid Managed Care and Children with Disabilities: A Cautionary Tale

Loyal fans of the Say Ahhh! blog know that Medicaid is the nation’s largest health insurer for children, covering over 35 million. They also know that Medicaid does not exclude any child from coverage on the basis of a pre-existing condition; in fact, some children qualify for Medicaid because they receive Supplemental Security Income (SSI) […]

Medicaid Wars: Litigation Risk (Episode III)

It turns out that unwinding illegal Medicaid policies is complicated.  There’s this thing called “litigation risk”.  Executive Branch agencies have to make reasoned decisions and stay within their statutory guardrails; if they don’t the federal courts may rein them in.  As it happens, litigation risk goes both ways. The Unwinding began with the issuance of […]