Tag Archives: Eligibility
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How Do I Enroll Thee? Let States Count the Ways…
By Alice Weiss November 2013 While open enrollment for health insurance exchanges is well underway, major changes to enrollment processes won’t begin for all states until January 1, 2014, when the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) eligibility requirements go into effect. These new requirements, like the “no wrong door” enrollment […]
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Better Together: State Strategies for Medicaid-Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Coordination
Successful coordination between Medicaid and Ryan White HIV/AIDS programs is one key to improving care and services for persons living with HIV/AIDS. As more people living with HIV/AIDS gain health insurance coverage, effective coordination between programs remains critical. During this webinar, state officials will discuss promising practices for coordination in the areas of inter-agency communication, […]
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Prioritizing Enrollment Simplification: What States Can Do Now to Make 2014 Easier
There are several additional simplifications states can implement to improve enrollment and renewals now that will also make it easier down the road. Maximizing Enrollment grantee states have had success with two such strategies. Automated or administrative renewals reduce documentation burdens on those eligible for coverage and allow workers to focus on complicated cases. Express […]
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Utah’s Eligibility System Leaps into the 21st Century
By Nicole Dunifon July 2012 This blog post was originally published on State Refor(u)m’s Sate of Implementation Blog Many states are seizing the opportunity to draw down a 90 percent federal matching rate to design and develop new and upgraded Medicaid eligibility systems to support seamless enrollment. To secure the 90 percent match, states must […]
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“Reasonable” Flexibility: Exploring Models to Help States Resolve Inconsistencies in Income for Medicaid, CHIP and Tax Credit Eligibility
For a complete slide presentation, click here. With the recent affirmation by the Supreme Court that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) passes constitutional muster, states will want to accelerate their planning efforts to implement eligibility system provisions under the law for Medicaid, CHIP and Exchanges. This webinar will offer detailed analysis of one of these […]
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Medicaid Managed Care Enrollment and Disenrollment: The Experience of Four States
This report is the final phase of the National Academy for State Health Policy’s contribution to a larger study of Medicaid managed care enrollment and disenrollment, funded by The Pew Charitable Trusts and conducted by Cornell University and Virginia Commonwealth University. It focuses on the enrollment and disenrollment policies and experience of Medicaid managed care […]
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Building an Exchange from the Ground Up: A Conversation with State Health Exchange Directors
Get to know three exchange directors from three very different states, and hear about their exchange-related accomplishments, challenges, and policy priorities. Find out how exchanges are taking shape in the states, straight from the source. Speakers Susan Dentzer, editor-in-chief of Health Affairs, will moderate this discussion with three exchange directors: Richard Fiore of Alabama Patty […]
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Medicaid Eligibility, Enrollment, and Retention Policies: Findings from a Survey of Juvenile Justice and Medicaid Policies Affecting Children in the Juvenile Justice System
NASHP, with the support of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, is working with Models for Change grantee organizations and state policymakers to address the health needs of youth in the juvenile justice system. This new issue brief from NASHP is the second in a series that highlights findings from surveys of juvenile […]
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BadgerCare Plus: Medicaid and Subsidies Under One Umbrella
Many proposals for federal health reform include two key elements: a Medicaid expansion to include all people below a certain income level; and some form of subsidy to make private insurance coverage more affordable for individuals and families. Wisconsin’s BadgerCare Plus program contains many elements of a Medicaid-plus-subsidies model (Medicaid, CHIP, a CHIP buy-in option, […]
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Making Medicaid Work for the 21st Century: Options for Improving Medicaid Eligibility
One of a series of issue briefs designed to share with federal and state policymakers, as well as other stakeholders, the issues and options raised by the Making Medicaid Work for the 21st Century workgroup. This brief discusses options for improving Medicaid eligibility. mmw_eligibility.pdf 95 KB