Eligibility Levels in Medicaid & CHIP for Children, Pregnant Women, Parents, and Childless Adults, January 2013
Eligibility Levels in Medicaid & CHIP for Children, Pregnant Women, Parents, and Childless Adults, January 2013
Eligibility Levels in Medicaid & CHIP for Children, Pregnant Women, Parents, and Childless Adults, January 2013
As CCF’s Medicaid child enrollment tracker hit a sobering milestone this week – a net decline of 3 million children since March 2023 – CMS released a package of documents advising and encouraging states to do more to make sure children don’t slip through the cracks during the unwinding of the pandemic-related continuous enrollment requirement. […]
In part 1 of this blog series, my colleague and report co-author Joan Alker, explained the dire consequences if states don’t put in the time and effort to get renewals right when the Medicaid continuous coverage provision is lifted. This blog will focus on how we developed risk assessments for children in all 50 states […]
Inside Health Policy The Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission signaled Thursday (Feb. 27) that it is warming up to the idea of recommending that Congress pass a bill extending Medicaid for up to one year for beneficiaries who just had a baby. However, the commission still has lingering questions about the bill’s price […]
The 2022 earnings reports for the “Big Five”—CVS Health (Aetna), Centene, Elevance Health (formerly Anthem), Molina, and United Health Group—are now in. As expected, combined Medicaid enrollment for the “Big Five” increased during 2022 by 3.3 million to 43.2 million, an increase of 8.2 percent (Table 1). (If children are enrolled in “Big Five” MCOs […]
The chair of the Federal Reserve, Jerome Powell, recently explained that the official unemployment statistics are too low, and that unemployment was closer to 10% in January. With the pandemic still raging and economic conditions looking very troubling, Congress is considering a COVID relief package with some important Medicaid provisions – my colleague Edwin Park […]
The interactive maps and data for 2016 provide information on the percent of adults and children covered by Medicaid and/or CHIP.You can embed these maps on your website by selecting a state on the left then copying the embed code on the right side of the map and pasting it into a post on your […]
The Medicaid Managed Care Rule published on May 10 has lots of moving parts. As my colleague Leo Cuello explains, the rule includes provisions to increase the transparency of state directed payments (SDPs). The rule also contains a number of other transparency requirements that are the focus of this blog, most of which are identical to those […]
Medicaid, the foundation of affordable, comprehensive health coverage for low-income children and families, is a complex federal-state partnership program. It is essential for everyone working on improving affordable health coverage or advocating for low-income families to develop a solid base of knowledge and understanding about how this critical federal-state program works. The Georgetown University Center for […]
So far 2021 has been a really wild and difficult ride for me and millions of others in the U.S. with COVID-19 ravaging the nation, an armed insurrection here in DC, and an ongoing economic crisis leaving so many families in need. My mind has been struggling to absorb all that is happening so quickly. […]
Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) currently cover more than 40 million children. In comparison, relatively few children rely on the marketplaces for their health coverage. But new data released by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) show 1.3 million children were enrolled in marketplace plans during the 2022 Marketplace Open […]
We submitted public comments to the Trump Administration’s proposal to change how the Census Bureau’s Official Poverty Measure (OPM) is adjusted annually for inflation. As we have previously written, while this sounds like a highly technical change, it would likely result in fewer children eligible for Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) relative […]
See our full blog series on evidence-based policies available to policymakers to prevent more eligible children from losing health coverage. Sometimes you just hate to be right. The release of topline Census data last week confirmed our fears that the most recent health insurance data would reveal that we lost ground in providing health coverage […]
The Centers for Medicare & medicaid Services (CMS) recently released new Medicaid managed care regulations that update CMS policy on State Directed Payments (SDP). In this blog we’ll cover what SDPs are, how they can be used to improve access to care, and some changes in how CMS will allow and regulate them. You can […]
By Judy Darnell, United Ways of California One of United Ways of California’s goals is to improve the health of children and adults. We know that a lack of health care coverage often means that primary care is an unattainable luxury. Yet primary care is so important in preventing or treating illness before it becomes […]
[Editor’s Note: On September 30, Congress approved a last-minute measure to fund the government through November 17, 2023, which temporarily averted a government shutdown. CCF experts will continue to monitor the funding debate and its impact on health care programs and the people who rely on them.] Sadly, we’ve been here before and it’s highly […]
USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism By: Giles Bruce A handful of American states still mandate that kids must be uninsured as long as 90 days before they can enroll in a public health insurance program that covers nearly 10 million children… “I think (states) should remove the barrier,” said Tricia Brooks, a researcher at the […]
Below is a description of sources used for data reported on the factsheet, “Nevada Medicaid’s Pediatric Benefits Promote Healthy Development for Children,” provided by Georgetown University Center for Children and Families (CCF). EPSDT Services Section 1905(r)(1)(B) of the Social Security Act. For a full description of EPSDT coverage, see Department of Health and Human Services, […]
Georgetown University Center for Children and Families submitted the following response to CMS’s request to identify strategies to ensure that individuals eligible for Medicaid and CHIP are able to apply, enroll in, and receive benefits in a timely and streamlined manner that promotes equitable coverage. CCF Response to Access RFI
One year into implementation, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has broadened Medicaid’s base of coverage for the low-income population and accelerated state efforts to move from outdated, paper-driven enrollment processes to a new modernized enrollment experience. Given the fast-paced policy environment leading up to when the ACA’s key coverage provisions went into effect on January 1, 2014, an abbreviated report based […]