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New Recommendations for the Child Core Set of Quality Measures in Medicaid and CHIP
Recently, the National Quality Forum (NQF) released its annual report on opportunities to strengthen the child core set of quality measures in Medicaid and CHIP. The initial core set was released in 2010 and its underlying legislative mandate requires CMS to update the core set annually. NQF partners with CMS and a multi-stakeholder Medicaid workgroup…
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2017 Child Core Set of Health Care Quality Indicators in Medicaid and CHIP Released
The results of state reporting on the 2017 Child Core Set of Health Care Quality Measures in Medicaid and CHIP have been released by CMS. The 2017 Child Core Set includes 27 measures that assess key aspects of health care access for children and pregnant women. While reporting on last year’s core set seems timely,…
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Children Struggle to Access Autism Treatment
By Julie Kornack, Center for Autism and Related Disorders With a prevalence of 1 in every 59 children, autism spectrum disorder (ASD) has become increasingly commonplace. In turn, the growing autism advocacy community has been extraordinarily effective in engendering the political will to enact laws intended to ensure that individuals with ASD have access…
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The Health 202: Rural Trump voters hurt most when states don’t expand Medicaid
Washington Post By: Colby Itkowitz Rural, low-income voters who helped propel President Trump to victory in 2016 are less likely to have health insurance than the urban poor in states that didn’t expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act. A new study compared uninsured rates from 2008-2009 and 2015-2016 by the the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families and…
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While We Await Official Notice of Proposed Public Rules Changes, Here are Our Thoughts on Latest Version
On Saturday, September 22, the Department of Homeland Security posted an unofficial proposed regulation that would dramatically alter immigration law by broadening the definition of public charge and significantly harming immigrant families. Earlier this year, two related drafts were leaked to the press. Researchers documented the immediate, adverse impact on immigrant families and communities and…
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Wyo. Uninsured Rates High Compared to Medicaid Expansion States
Public News Service By: Eric Galatas States that expanded Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act saw uninsured rates for low-income adults drop over three times more than states, including Wyoming, that have not expanded coverage, according to a new report from Georgetown University. Study co-author Joan Alker, executive director of the Georgetown University Center for…
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Iowa’s Medicaid Expansion Benefits Small Town, Rural Residents
Public News Service By: Roz Brown Since Iowa expanded its Medicaid program in 2013, more low-income rural residents are covered by health insurance. A new report from Georgetown University shows that coverage gaps in states where Medicaid was expanded are much smaller than in states that did not expand. Anne Discher, executive director of the…
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Report: Florida Saddled with Nation’s Highest Uninsured Rates
Public News Service By: Trimmel Gomes Florida isn’t one of the 33 states that expanded its Medicaid program under the Affordable Care Act, but if it had, more rural, low-income residents would have health insurance. A new report from Georgetown University shows big coverage gaps in states without expanded Medicaid. … The report shows the…
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Uninsured Numbers Drop in Rural MN with Medicaid Expansion
Public News Service By: Roz Brown Since Minnesota expanded its Medicaid program in 2013, the number of people uninsured in the state’s rural areas has been cut nearly in half. A new report from the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families examines how states are doing, whether or not they opted to expand Medicaid,…
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Research Confirms Medicaid Expansion Huge Boost for Rural WV
Public News Service By: Dan Heyman A new report says expanding Medicaid is really paying off for rural West Virginians. … It found expanding Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act has cut the rate of low-income, rural West Virginia adults without health coverage by 60 percent. … Study co-author Joan Alker, executive director of the…
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Illinois Reaping Benefits of Medicaid Expansion
Public News Service By: Mary Kuhlman New research illustrates the significant impact Medicaid expansion is having in Illinois, especially in rural areas. According to the findings, among states that expanded Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, uninsured rates for low-income adults living in rural areas and small towns fell more than three times more than…
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Report: Medicaid Expansion a Boost for Rural Kentucky
Public News Service By: Mary Kuhlman New research illustrates the significant impact Medicaid expansion is having in Kentucky, especially in rural areas. Among states that expanded Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, according to the findings, uninsured rates for low-income adults living in rural areas and small towns fell more than three times more than…
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Study: Rate of Uninsured Falls In Rural Conn.
WNPR By: Jeff Cohen The rate of people without health insurance in rural Connecticut has gone down dramatically since the passage of the Affordable Care Act. That’s the takeaway message from a new report on health insurance out of Georgetown University’s Center for Children and Families. Edwin Park, a research professor at the center, said…
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Close governor races could decide future of Medicaid
Modern Healthcare By: Harris Meyer … Polls show the public supports Medicaid expansion, including in red states. A July tracking poll by the Kaiser Family Foundation found that in the 14 states that have not expanded Medicaid, 51% of those polled said they favor expansion, with 39% opposing it. A recent UtahPolicy.com poll found 65%…
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SD’s Low-income Residents Have Nation’s Highest Uninsured Rates
Public News Service By: Roz Brown South Dakota is not one of 33 states that expanded its Medicaid program under the Affordable Care Act, but a new report contends that if it had done so, more rural low-income residents would be covered by health insurance. The report from Georgetown University showed that states without expanded…
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5 Things To Know About Trump’s New ‘Public Charge’ Immigration Proposal
Kaiser Health News By: Shefali Luthra The Trump administration wants to redefine a status known as “public charge” — a category used to determine whether someone seeking permanent resident status is “likely to become primarily dependent on the government for subsistence.” … The new rule would expand the list to include some health insurance, food…
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Study: Medicaid expansion is paying off in West Virginia when it comes to uninsured numbers
Metro News By: Shauna Johnson West Virginia is serving as example to other states when it comes to the benefits of expanding Medicaid in a new report from Georgetown University’s Center for Children and Families and the University of North Carolina’s NC Rural Health Project. Released Tuesday, the report looks at changes in numbers of…
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Medicaid expansion would benefit rural areas the most, report says
Georgia Health News By: Andy Miller The potential impact from Medicaid expansion would be bigger in rural Georgia than in urban areas of the state, according to a new report released Tuesday. Medicaid expansion would benefit low-income people across the state, said the report, by Georgetown University’s Center for Children and Families and the University…
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Rural states have the most to gain with Medicaid expansion, study suggests
Fierce Healthcare By: Rose Meltzer Rural states may have the most to gain from expanding Medicaid, according to a new study from the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families and North Carolina Rural Health Research Program. The uninsured rate is higher in rural areas than metro areas across the board, in expansion and non-expansion…
