The New Medicaid Integrity Program: Issues and Challenges in Ensuring Program Integrity in Medicaid May 31, 2007 Report This paper analyzes the Medicaid Integrity Program, a new federal effort within the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services that was enacted as part of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 to ensure program integrity in Medicaid. This paper defines program integrity as ensuring that health and long-term care services…
Medicaid’s Federal-State Partnership: Alternatives for Improving Financial Integrity January 31, 2004 Report – ReportAs the federal government increases its scrutiny of state financing of the Medicaid program, this paper, authored by a former CMS official, evaluates the existing financial management of the Medicaid program. Using existing models from the private sector and the government, the paper identifies alternatives to improve Medicaid's financial…
Sex Education in America January 1, 2004 Poll Finding A new project by National Public Radio, the Kaiser Family Foundation, and Harvard University’s Kennedy School examines Americans’ views on sex education in the nations public schools. The project reviews whether Americans think sex education should be taught in school, what kind of sex education should be taught, and surveys…
Oregon’s Medicaid PDL: Will an Evidence-Based Formulary with Voluntary Compliance Set a Precedent for Medicaid? December 31, 2003 Report This report is a case study of Oregon’s experience with its new prescription drug policy in its Medicaid fee-for-service pharmacy program. The report describes Oregon’s clinical review process, and assesses the results relative to other state preferred drug lists.Report (.pdf)
Medicare 2008 Benefits Table April 1, 2008 Report 2008 Medicare Benefits TableSummary of Traditional Medicare, 2008 PART A Financing: 1.45% for both workers and employers No premiums* Benefits: Inpatient hospital – Days 1-60 – Days 61-90 – Days 91-150 – After 150 days Deductible of $1,024 per benefit period** No coinsurance $256 a day $512 a day No…
Implications of the New Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit for State Medicaid Budgets November 30, 2003 Issue Brief For a number of years, Governors and other state policymakers have maintained that Medicare – rather than state Medicaid programs – should play the key role in providing prescription drug coverage to Medicare beneficiaries, including those who also qualify for Medicaid because they are impoverished and/or have extensive health care…
Chartpack: Giving Voice to the People of New Orleans: The Kaiser Post-Katrina Baseline Survey April 30, 2007 Poll Finding This chartpack provides key findings from a May 2007 Kaiser Family Foundation report on a major house-to-house survey on the experiences and challenges facing residents of the New Orleans area. Chartpack (.pdf)
Report: Giving Voice to the People of New Orleans: The Kaiser Post-Katrina Baseline Survey April 30, 2007 Poll Finding This May 2007 Kaiser Family Foundation report is the first of several that will track the progress and challenges facing people living in the New Orleans area in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. To conduct the study, a team of 41 interviewers visited 456 randomly selected census areas, documented the…
New Study Finds That Food Is the Top Product Seen Advertised by Children March 1, 2007 Event As the fight against childhood obesity escalates, the issue of food advertising to children has come under increasing scrutiny. Policymakers in Congress, the Federal Trade Commission and agencies such as the Institute of Medicine have called for changes in the advertising landscape, and U.S. food and media industries are developing…
Snapshots: How Changes in Medical Technology Affect Health Care Costs March 2, 2007 Issue Brief Health expenditures continue to grow very rapidly in the U.S. Since 1970, health care spending has grown at an average annual rate of 9.8%, or about 2.5 percentage points faster than the economy as measured by the nominal gross domestic product (GDP). Annual spending on health care increased from $75…