Karina Wagnerman

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Karina Wagnerman

Karina Wagnerman is a Senior Health Policy Analyst at the Georgetown University McCourt School of Public Policy’s Center for Children and Families (CCF). Karina conducts quantitative and qualitative research on Medicaid and runs large-scale Medicaid data analyses. Her work focuses particularly on Medicaid/CHIP enrollment data. Karina has authored reports on a variety of Medicaid topics, including co-authoring a study on Medicaid coverage in rural areas and co-authoring an annual 50-state survey on Medicaid and CHIP eligibility and enrollment policies with the Kaiser Family Foundation. Prior to CCF, Karina was a Research Analyst at Mathematica Policy Research, working on a mix of CMS research and data analysis projects. Before her time at Mathematica, Karina worked at CCF as the Executive Policy and Communications Assistant. Karina studied political science and economics at Wellesley College and earned a Master of Public Policy from Georgetown University.

Latest From Karina

Snapshot of Children’s Coverage by Race and Ethnicity

Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) are primary sources of health coverage for children. These programs are particularly important to children of color, who are disproportionately represented among beneficiaries because they are more likely to be economically disadvantaged. (View our 2017 snapshot of children’s coverage by race and ethnicity.)

Proposed Changes to Medicaid Access Rule Would Exempt 18 States

In March, CMS proposed changes to the Medicaid Access Rule. That Rule, in effect only since 2016, establishes procedures that states must meet to demonstrate that they are complying with the Medicaid statute’s requirement that provider payment rates be sufficient to ensure Medicaid beneficiaries have access to care.   We recently shared our comments on the […]

Proposed Medicaid Work Requirement: Impact on Mississippi’s Low-Income Families

Introduction Mississippi has joined a handful of states seeking federal permission to require parents and caregivers who qualify for Medicaid to prove they are working at least 20 hours a week or participating in an approved work activity before receiving health coverage. Called the “Mississippi Workforce Training Initiative,” the application for a Section 1115 demonstration […]