Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured: Medicaid Per Enrollee Spending
This 2015 issue brief from the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured reports on the wide variation in per Continue reading
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Archive for: Health Care Reform
Opportunities to Advance Patient-Centeredness and Equity
With the historic enactment of national health care reform in March 2010, it can be a little overwhelming to understand all the details and implications of this huge structural shift in national health care policy.
As I continue to refine my own knowledge and understanding of the national health care reform law, I will share my analyses and presentations here. I will be highlighting what I call the “patient-centeredness” and “equity” elements of the legislation, two of the components of health care quality identified by the Institute of Medicine.
Center for Budget and Policy Priorities: Medicaid Block Grant Would Slash Federal Funding, Shift Costs to States, and Leave Millions More Uninsured
This issue brief from the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities describes how changing the current Medicaid program to block Continue reading
Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured: Implications of a Federal Block Grant for Medicaid
This 2011 analysis from the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured describes the implications of changing the Medicaid program Continue reading
Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured: Medicaid Financing – The Basics
This issue brief from the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured describes how the Medicaid program is funded by Continue reading
Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured: Medicaid Pocket Primer
This updated fact sheet, or “pocket primer”, from the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured describes the Medicaid program, Continue reading
Center for Budget and Policy Priorities: Introduction to Medicaid
This issue brief from the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities provides an overview of the Medicaid program. Medicaid provides Continue reading
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: Cabinet Exit Memo
U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell has prepared this Cabinet Exit Memo, describing some of the accomplishments of the Continue reading
Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation: 2016 Report to Congress
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (Innovation Center) at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has released Continue reading
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