What Does the Recent Literature Say About Medicaid Expansion?: Impacts on Sexual and Reproductive Health June 29, 2023 Issue Brief This brief summarizes recent studies on the impacts of Medicaid expansion on a range of sexual and reproductive health outcomes.
What Do We Know About People with HIV Who Are Not Engaged in Regular HIV Care? June 22, 2023 News Release A new KFF analysis finds that between 2018 and 2020, one-in-five (21%) adults diagnosed with HIV were out of care. Compared to adults who were receiving regular HIV care, adults who were out of care were more likely to be Black and to report challenges in their interactions with the…
What Do We Know About People with HIV Who Are Not Engaged In Regular HIV Care? June 22, 2023 Issue Brief This analysis uses nationally representative data to assess the characteristics and experiences of people with HIV who are out of regular HIV care. Reaching and engaging people with HIV who are not in care involves addressing the complex and systemic barriers they face, which impede both their health and wellbeing and also the HIV response in the U.S. more broadly.
Rise in Use of Mental Health Apps Raises New Policy Issues June 20, 2023 Issue Brief Use of digital behavioral health services increased during the COVID-19 pandemic when in-person visits were limited. This brief examines how different types of mental health apps are used, how federal policies during the pandemic affected the scope of services they could provide, and key issues to watch.
Medicaid Managed Care Network Adequacy & Access: Current Standards and Proposed Changes June 15, 2023 Issue Brief This brief describes current network adequacy and availability standards for Medicaid managed care plans, presents related findings from KFF’s 22nd annual Medicaid budget survey, and summarizes proposed changes to network adequacy and access rules in the Managed Care NPRM.
10 Things to Know About the Unwinding of the Medicaid Continuous Enrollment Provision June 9, 2023 Issue Brief Medicaid enrollment increased since the start of the pandemic, primarily due to the continuous enrollment provision. KFF estimates that between 8 million and 24 million people will lose Medicaid coverage during the unwinding of the continuous enrollment provision. The Medicaid continuous enrollment provision stopped “churn” among Medicaid enrollees. States approaches…
What Do the Early Medicaid Unwinding Data Tell Us? May 31, 2023 Blog As states begin to unwind the COVID emergency continuous enrollment provision and resume Medicaid disenrollments, early data from a handful of states – highlighted on KFF’s regularly-updated Medicaid Enrollment and Unwinding Tracker — reveal wide variation in disenrollment rates.
Amid a Mental Health Crisis in the U.S., A New KFF Report Examines the Steps that State Medicaid Programs Are Taking to Help Shore Up the Availability of Crisis Services May 25, 2023 News Release As the U.S. tries to address rising rates of mental health issues, the impact of the new 988 national crisis hotline and other innovations will be limited if states don’t have the underlying crisis services available when people are directed to them. The core crisis services include crisis hotlines that…
How do States Deliver, Administer, and Integrate Behavioral Health Care? Findings from a Survey of State Medicaid Programs May 25, 2023 Issue Brief KFF surveyed state Medicaid officials about behavioral health policies related to administration, delivery systems, integrated care, and data analytics.
The Health Insurance and Financing Landscape for People with and at Risk for HIV May 25, 2023 Issue Brief The health care coverage and financing landscape for people with and at risk for HIV in the U.S. is highly fragmented and made up of a patchwork of payers and programs. This table provides an overview of the major payers and programs that provide coverage and services to people with and at risk of HIV.