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Health Equity : MACPAC

WEBHealth equity is commonly defined as a concept in which “everyone has a fair and just opportunity to be as healthy as possible. This requires removing obstacles to health …

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Medicaid 101 : MACPAC

WEBMedicaid 101. Medicaid is a joint federal-state program that provided health care coverage to an estimated 70.2 million people in fiscal year (FY) 2019. As a major payer in the U.S. …

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Overview of the Affordable Care Act and Medicaid : MACPAC

WEBMedicaid and the Affordable Care Act. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA, P.L. 111-148, as amended) made a number of changes to Medicaid. Perhaps the …

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Access in Brief: Health Care Experiences and Satisfaction by

WEBRacial and ethnic health disparities persist throughout the U.S. health care system. Measuring differences in access and use of services, satisfaction with and quality of …

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Medicaid and Rural Health : MACPAC

WEBMedicaid is an important source of health care coverage for the 60 million Americans living in rural areas. Nearly a quarter of individuals under age 65 who live in rural areas are …

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Panel on the Medicare-Medicaid Plan Transitions and the Future of

WEBThe Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission is a non-partisan legislative branch agency that provides policy and data analysis and makes recommendations to …

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Managed care overview : MACPAC

WEBState Medicaid programs use three main types of managed care delivery systems: Comprehensive risk-based managed care. In such arrangements, states …

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Recommendations for the Future of CHIP and Children’s Coverage

WEBThe Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission is a non-partisan legislative branch agency that provides policy and data analysis and makes recommendations to …

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MACPAC Releases Report to Congress on Oversight of Institutions …

WEBThe finding is part of a special congressionally mandated report, Oversight of Institutions for Mental Diseases, which MACPAC released January 6. The ban—known …

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Effects of Churn on Potentially Preventable Hospital Use

WEBThe Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission is a non-partisan legislative branch agency that provides policy and data analysis and makes recommendations to …

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Access in Brief: Rural and Urban Health Care : MACPAC

WEBOctober 2018. People living in rural areas are more likely to be covered by Medicaid and face different barriers to access than people living in urban areas. For example, there …

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Medicaid and Population Health

WEBhealth are substantial in analyses that examine how health status compares between Medicaid enrollees and other populations (Paradise and Garfield 2013). As a source of …

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Medicaid Coverage of Community Health Worker Services

WEBprofessional health care workforce, their presence within a health care organization can help foster trust and connection with the community (CDC n.d., Lloyd et al. 2020). CHWs …

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Medicaid and Rural Health

WEBMedicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission 1800 M Street NW Suite 650 South Washington, DC 20036. (y}MACPAC. www.macpac.gov 202-350-2000 l 202-273-2452 …

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Behavioral health services covered under state plan authority

WEBABP behavioral health services must be covered at parity with medical and surgical benefits, meaning that behavioral health services must not have less favorable benefit …

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Financing Strategies to Address the Social Determinants of …

WEBMedicaid Authorities and Flexibilities to Address the Social Determinants of Health. This section describes the three primary mechanisms through which state Medicaid programs …

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Transitions Between Medicaid, CHIP, and Exchange Coverage

WEBThe rate of transition to exchange coverage was higher for adults enrolled in Medicaid (3.9 percent) and children enrolled in separate CHIP (3.3 percent) than for children enrolled …

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Characteristics of Medicaid managed care plans : MACPAC

WEBA 2011 study of Medicaid health plans found that of the 225 comprehensive Medicaid health plans that enrolled at least 5,000 members, 134 plans were Medicaid-dominant; that is, …

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Quality requirements under Medicaid managed care : MACPAC

WEBFor example, managed care plans may measure beneficiary health outcomes or beneficiary satisfaction, using performance measures such as HEDIS, CAHPS, the core sets, or …

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Managed care's effect on outcomes : MACPAC

WEBThe Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission is a non-partisan legislative branch agency that provides policy and data analysis and makes recommendations to …

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Matching rates : MACPAC

WEBThe federal share for most health care services is determined by the Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP). The FMAP is based on a formula that provides higher …

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Medicare Advantage dual eligible special needs plans : MACPAC

WEBDually Eligible Beneficiaries. Dual eligible special needs plans (D-SNPs) are a type of Medicare Advantage plan designed to meet the specific needs of dually eligible …

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