Views on the U.S. Role in Global Health Update: Toplines October 31, 2009 Poll Finding These are the complete toplines for a survey that builds on the Foundation’s previous survey work in measuring Americans’ attitudes toward U.S. global health investments and priorities. The survey tracks some questions that were asked earlier in 2009, and delves into some new questions about specific areas of global health…
Views on the U.S. Role in Global Health Update: Summary October 31, 2009 Poll Finding This is the summary of a survey that builds on the Foundation’s previous survey work in measuring Americans’ attitudes toward U.S. global health investments and priorities. The survey tracks some questions that were asked earlier in 2009, and delves into some new questions about specific areas of global health spending…
Efforts in States to Promote Medicaid Community-Based Services and Supports August 31, 2009 Issue Brief This brief summarizes lessons in offering more home and community-based services from states at the forefront of the effort. It describes current options for state Medicaid programs and draws on interviews with state officials to provide details about specific policies and procedures in states. Brief (.pdf)
Key Issues in Medicaid and Home and Community-Based Services and Support August 31, 2009 Issue Brief These briefs examine current issues in providing more people who need long-term care services and supports access to these Medicaid services in home and community-based settings rather than in institutional ones. The first brief, Advancing Access to Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services: Key Issues Based on a Working Group Discussion…
Express Lane Eligibility Efforts: Lessons Learned from Early State Cross-Program Enrollment Initiatives August 1, 2009 Issue Brief The Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 (CHIPRA) provides states new options to reach and enroll eligible but uninsured low-income children into Medicaid and CHIP. The law’s Express Lane Eligibility (ELE) provisions enable state Medicaid and CHIP agencies to identify, enroll and recertify children by relying on eligibility…
Scoring Savings: How Can Quality Improvement Reduce Health Care Costs? June 30, 2009 Event The Alliance for Health Reform and the United Health Foundation co-sponsored this briefing on reducing health care costs while improving quality. Panelists engage in a full discussion of the issues looking at both federal spending and at national expenditures on health and address the following questions: How can the private…
Medicare’s Role for Women June 11, 2009 Fact Sheet Medicare’s Role for Women This fact sheet highlights Medicare’s important role in providing women with health care coverage. It examines the demographic profile of women on Medicare, including their health and income status, the program’s benefits and cost-sharing requirements, and the prevalence of supplemental coverage to fill gaps in Medicare’s…
CHIP TIPS: Citizenship Documentation Changes April 29, 2009 Issue Brief This brief, the third in a series, examines changes to citizenship documentation requirements under the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009. The law extends the requirement to document citizenship that applied in Medicaid to CHIP as well. At the same time, it modifies current requirements to reduce the…
CHIP TIPS: Medicaid Performance Bonus March 30, 2009 Issue Brief This brief, the first in a series, examines the new federal “performance bonus” available to states that do an especially good job of signing up eligible children for Medicaid. The bonus, created by a provision in the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009, is designed to help states…