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Hannah Klukoff

is a Graduate Research Intern at the Georgetown University McCourt School of Public Policy’s Center for Children and Families.

Hannah Klukoff is a Graduate Research Intern at the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families. Hannah will begin her second year in the Master of Public Policy program at the Georgetown University McCourt School of Public Policy in the fall. She has a Master's in Forensic Psychology from the University of Denver and a B.A. in Psychology from DePaul University in Chicago. Hannah's experience in the mental health field has made her passionate about the utilization of robust social programs to mitigate early risk factors for many adverse life experiences and to promote health equity.

Latest From Hannah

Medicaid Managed Care Research: 2022 in Review

As frequent (or even infrequent) readers of Say Ahhh! have heard us say, the world of Medicaid managed care is complex. But because over 70 percent of all Medicaid beneficiaries (and over 80 percent of child beneficiaries) are enrolled in a Managed Care Organization (MCO), those of us who are invested in keeping track of […]

Medicaid Managed Care: The Big Five in PHE Q10 (Q2 2022)

June 30 marked the end of calendar quarter 10 of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE), or PHE Q10. For the five national companies with the largest Medicaid managed care businesses, the past two- and one-half years have been a period of particularly robust growth. Since PHE Q1, which ended on March 31, 2020, enrollment […]

An Advocate’s Guide to Medicaid Managed Care Procurement

2022 is a big year for Medicaid managed care procurements.  Procurements are already underway in California, Iowa, and Nebraska with awards scheduled to be announced in August. New Mexico is scheduled to launch its procurement in September, and three more states — Florida, Georgia, and Texas — are expected to issue Requests for Proposals (RFPs) […]

A Guide for Health Care Advocates: Medicaid Managed Care Procurement

Overview Most Medicaid beneficiaries in most states are enrolled in managed care organizations (MCOs). (See text box, “What’s a Medicaid MCO?”) State Medicaid agencies contract with MCOs to assemble networks of health care providers to furnish services to program beneficiaries and protect them from medical debt. Simply put, if an MCO does not do its job, […]

Show Me the Data: A Medicaid Dashboard for Missouri

We are pleased to announce the most recent addition to our library of Medicaid dashboards: Missouri. One of the most important functions of easily accessible and digestible data (like a dashboard) is the increased transparency that it offers both Medicaid beneficiaries and advocates. This is especially significant when it comes to holding Managed Care Organizations […]