Current Issues in Medicaid: A Mid-FY2008 Update Based on a Discussion with Leading Medicaid Directors January 1, 2008 Report Current Issues in Medicaid: A Mid-FY2008 Update Based on a Discussion with Leading Medicaid DirectorsThis report provides a brief mid-fiscal year 2008 update on current issues in Medicaid, from the perspective of state Medicaid directors who administer the program. Medicaid directors identified a number of key issues, concerns and priorities…
Do We Know If Medicare Advantage Special Needs Plans Are Special? January 1, 2008 Report This report describes the history of special needs plans, how they fit into the larger Medicare Advantage marketplace, and what information could help assess whether these plans are performing differently from other Medicare Advantage plans. Special needs plans serve individuals such as those who are institutionalized, people covered under both…
Race, Ethnicity, and Health Care Tutorial January 1, 2008 Interactive This tutorial was produced for kaiserEDU.org, a Kaiser Family Foundation website that ceased production in September 2013. The kaiserEDU.org tutorials are no longer being updated but have been made available on kff.org due to demand by professors who are using the tutorials in class assignments. You may search for other tutorials to…
Understanding HIV/AIDS Surveillance Data in the United States Tutorial January 1, 2008 Interactive This tutorial was produced for kaiserEDU.org, a Kaiser Family Foundation website that ceased production in September 2013. The kaiserEDU.org tutorials are no longer being updated but have been made available on kff.org due to demand by professors who are using the tutorials in class assignments. You may search for other tutorials to…
Measuring Health Care Quality Tutorial January 1, 2008 Interactive This tutorial was produced for kaiserEDU.org, a Kaiser Family Foundation website that ceased production in September 2013. The kaiserEDU.org tutorials are no longer being updated but have been made available on kff.org due to demand by professors who are using the tutorials in class assignments. You may search for other tutorials to…
America’s Health Care Safety Net Tutorial January 1, 2008 Interactive This tutorial was produced for kaiserEDU.org, a Kaiser Family Foundation website that ceased production in September 2013. The kaiserEDU.org tutorials are no longer being updated but have been made available on kff.org due to demand by professors who are using the tutorials in class assignments. You may search for other tutorials to…
Health Care and Long-term Care Policy: Concerns Facing Older Women Tutorial January 1, 2008 Interactive This tutorial was produced for kaiserEDU.org, a Kaiser Family Foundation website that ceased production in September 2013. The kaiserEDU.org tutorials are no longer being updated but have been made available on kff.org due to demand by professors who are using the tutorials in class assignments. You may search for other tutorials to…
Women’s Health Policy: Coverage and Access to Care Tutorial January 1, 2008 Interactive This tutorial was produced for kaiserEDU.org, a Kaiser Family Foundation website that ceased production in September 2013. The kaiserEDU.org tutorials are no longer being updated but have been made available on kff.org due to demand by professors who are using the tutorials in class assignments. You may search for other tutorials to…
Medicaid’s Role for People With Disabilities December 31, 2007 Event Diane Rowland testified before the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health about Medicaid’s development as a vital source of coverage for people with disabilities and its current role providing coverage and access to health services and supports for this population. Testimony (.pdf)
“Seryozha” A Documentary on Children and HIV/AIDS in Russia December 30, 2007 Event “Seryozha” is a documentary film about orphans living on the streets of St. Petersburg, Russia, some of whom are HIV-positive or have lost parents to AIDS. Filmmaker Denis Kuzmin follows the life of one orphan and through him tells the larger story of “street kids” exposed to drugs, sex and…