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Are You Leveraging Your Medical Care Advisory Committee?
Medical Care Advisory Committees are powerful tools—available in every state—for advancing effective health policies on behalf of children and families. Anyone working on state Medicaid policies needs to know about MCACs! What is an MCAC? Medical Care Advisory Committees, known as “MCACs”, are advisory bodies that provide state Medicaid agencies with formal feedback and recommendations…
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Permanent Medicaid Postpartum Coverage Option, Maternal Health Infrastructure Investments in 2022 Year-End Omnibus Bill
Congress made several improvements to maternal health policy in the year-end Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2022, signed by President Biden on December 29, which both solidify eligibility for extended Medicaid postpartum coverage and bolster the health system’s capacity to serve new mothers. These policy changes come alongside other Medicaid and CHIP provisions in the Omnibus…
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Comments on Wisconsin Waiver Extension Request
The Georgetown University Center for Children and Families and the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities submitted the following comments to CMS regarding Wisconsin’s application to extend its “BadgerCare” 1115 waiver. Wisconsin Waiver Extension Comments
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Unwinding Wednesday #15: Congress Proposes to End Medicaid Continuous Coverage Protection in Early 2023; Adds Transparency and Accountability Requirements
[Editor’s Note: The bipartisan spending plan was approved by Congress and signed into law by the President on December 29, 2022. Read CCF’s brief to learn more.] The text of the omnibus spending plan released by Congress would allow states to resume Medicaid disenrollments after the end of the first quarter…
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Medicaid Unwinding Will Begin in April but There’s Good News in Congressional Funding Agreement
[Editor’s Note: The bipartisan spending plan was approved by Congress and signed into law by the President on December 29, 2022. Read CCF’s brief to learn more.] Congress has just reached an end of the year funding agreement, and it has very significant implications for the more than 90 million people who rely on Medicaid…
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Congress Includes Medicaid, CHIP Mental Health Provisions in End of Year Funding Bill
[The bipartisan spending plan was approved by Congress and signed into law by the President on December 29, 2022. Read CCF’s brief to learn more.] As my colleagues on Say Ahhh! have highlighted the omnibus appropriations bill released earlier today includes a number of provisions related to Medicaid and CHIP such as funding for Puerto…
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End of the Year Appropriations Bill Would Avert Medicaid Fiscal Cliff for Puerto Rico and the Territories
[Editor’s Note: The bipartisan spending plan was approved by Congress and signed into law by the President on December 29, 2022. Read CCF’s brief to learn more.] The bipartisan omnibus appropriations bill, which was unveiled early this morning by the Senate Appropriations Committee, would avert the dire Medicaid fiscal cliff facing Puerto Rico and the…
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Medicaid Managed Care in 2022: The Year that Was
2022 was another year of growth in Medicaid managed care. Growth in enrollment. Growth in spending. There was even a modest—but most welcome—growth in transparency about the performance of Medicaid managed care organizations (MCOs) from 2021. Here are some of the top-line developments at the national and state level. The MCO Industry As of March…
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New Report Underscores Need to Reassure Immigrant Families
Researchers from the Urban Institute have documented the chilling effects of the Trump-era public charge regulation and other anti-immigrant policies for the past several years. Unfortunately, new research confirms that families are continuing to avoid public programs due to immigration-related concerns, despite having material hardships such as food insecurity, unmet medical needs, and problems paying…
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Comments on Oregon Bridge Plan Amendments
The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities and the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families submitted these comments to CMS regarding Oregon’s application to amend its “Bridge Plan”. CCF-CBPP Oregon Bridge Plan Amendment Comments
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Early Research Shows Benefits of One Year of Postpartum Medicaid
Over the last several months, we’ve seen the Biden Administration approve more than half of states to extend postpartum Medicaid coverage for one year after the end of pregnancy. Congress too has also considered proposals to require all states to offer 12 months of postpartum Medicaid coverage, which many advocates continue to champion to ensure…
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Medicaid Managed Care: Quality Performance, Sanctions, and Transparency in California
Three years ago, the California Health Care Foundation published a ground-breaking report on Medicaid managed care in the state. Researchers from the University of California at San Francisco presented and analyzed data on the quality of care furnished by each Medicaid managed care organization (MCO) over the 10-year period 2009 – 2018. The researchers found that, over…
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Unwinding Wednesday #14: More States Make Unwinding-Related Materials Publicly Available
Just over three months ago, we published our 50-State Unwinding Tracker, kicking off our Unwinding Wednesday blog series. As we approach the end of the year, I want to reflect on the progress we’ve seen in our tracker of states publishing information and taking steps toward preparing for the unwinding. In our tracker, we identified…
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Maternal Health Policies: Will Congress Act During the Lame Duck Session?
By Maggie Clark and Kay Johnson As the 117th Congress completes its work in the ”lame duck” session this month, policy makers are considering a range of maternal health policy priorities. These changes are urgently needed: the nation’s maternal mortality rate increased for the fourth year in a row in 2021, and the latest data…
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Lesson from Pandemic: Medicaid Continuous Coverage Works!
New report on child health coverage shows improvement in child health coverage, reversing a negative trend prior to pandemic This year’s annual report on child health coverage is out after a hiatus last year due to the lack of available Census data. We’re happy to report some good news. The rate of uninsured children declined from…
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Number of Uninsured Children Stabilized and Improved Slightly During the Pandemic
Data released by the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey (ACS) for 2021 finds that nationally the estimated number and rate of uninsured children went down slightly from 2019 to 2021. This data provides the first comprehensive look at what happened to children with respect to this metric during the first part of the COViD-19…
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Unwinding Wednesday #13: New Unwinding Resources, Including State-Specific Renewal Flyers
We are pleased to share new content on our unwinding resource page. State-Specific Renewal Flyers We are particularly pleased to announce the addition of state-specific renewal flyers that include the state agency website and toll-free numbers. One set of flyers also includes the income eligibility levels for children and adults, the other does not. The…
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Digital Social Media Toolkit with Report Graphics
Below you will find sample social media posts and graphics to accompany Georgetown University CCF’s 2022 Annual Child Health Coverage Report New report from @GeorgetownCCF shows that the % of children w/ health insurance is up nationwide, but that kids w/ #Medicaid are at risk of losing coverage in the year ahead. Learn more: https://bit.ly/3uxXgig…
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Methodology for Report “Number of Uninsured Children Stabilized and Improved Slightly During the Pandemic”
Data Sources and Changes to Race/Ethnicity Questions and Age Categories for Children This report from the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families (CCF) uses data from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS). The ACS randomly selects about 3.5 million households each year to be surveyed and conducts the survey year-round, publishing results…
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Children’s Health Coverage Report Press Call
Listen to Press Call Read Press Release Speaker Bios for December 7, 2022 Press Call Joan Alker is the co-founder and executive director of the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families and a Research Professor at the Georgetown University McCourt School of Public Policy. She is a nationally recognized expert on Medicaid and…
