State Eligibility for Medicaid Breast and Cervical Cancer Treatment Program (BCCTP) May 13, 2022 State Indicator
Medicaid Reimbursement Policies for Immediate Postpartum Long Acting Reversible Contraceptives (LARCs) May 13, 2022 State Indicator
Analysis: The Vast Majority of Physicians Accept New Patients, Including Patients With Medicare and Private Insurance May 12, 2022 News Release Despite occasional anecdotal reports of people having trouble finding a doctor who takes their insurance, KFF researchers find in a new analysis that the vast majority of non-pediatric office-based physicians accept new Medicare patients, as well as new private insurance patients. Eighty-nine percent of such physicians accepted new Medicare patients…
Most Office-Based Physicians Accept New Patients, Including Patients With Medicare and Private Insurance May 12, 2022 Issue Brief This brief examines the share of non-pediatric office-based physicians accepting new patients with Medicare or private insurance and how these rates have changed over time and vary by physician specialties, geographic areas, and physician and practice characteristics across Medicare and private insurance. This analysis further examines the extent to which non-pediatric physicians are opting out of Medicare, by specialty and state.
Unwinding the PHE: What We Can Learn From Pre-Pandemic Enrollment Patterns May 10, 2022 Issue Brief This brief examines typical enrollment patterns for Medicaid and CHIP and uses 2018 Medicaid claims data to gain insight into the effects of the continuous enrollment requirements by eligibility group. Roughly 2% of Medicaid enrollees come on or leave the program in an average month, although there is variation across eligibility groups. A policy to require continuous enrollment would result in sharp reductions in monthly disenrollment rates and would also reduce monthly enrollment rates due to reductions in churn.
Assessing PEPFAR’s Impact: Analysis of Maternal and Child Health Spillover Effects in PEPFAR Countries May 9, 2022 Issue Brief This analysis assesses the association between PEPFAR investments and maternal and child health outcomes. It finds that the program was associated with significant, positive improvement maternal and child health, adding to the evidence base that PEPFAR has had positive health spillover effects beyond just HIV.
2022 Changes to the Public Charge Inadmissibility Rule and the Implications for Health Care May 5, 2022 Issue Brief This brief provides background on public charge, describes the 2019 policy changes and their chilling effects, and reviews provisions of the 2022 public charge rule and its implications for immigrants’ access to health care.