Medicaid: Overview and Impact of New Regulations

Focuses on six new rules aimed at cutting federal spending that could reduce services for vulnerable beneficiaries, slash reimbursement for safety-net providers, and affect states' budgets. Explains current policy, the proposed changes, and their impact

Managing Medicaid Pharmacy Benefits: Current Issues and Options

Examines issues and considerations for state reforms of Medicaid prescription drug reimbursement, pharmacy management, and cost sharing and other best practices for realizing savings

Medicaid as a Platform for Broader Health Reform: Supporting High-Need and Low-Income Populations

Outlines how policy makers can build on Medicaid to expand health coverage for low-income, high-need people by basing eligibility on income, boosting provider participation, increasing federal funding, and containing costs as a step toward broader reform

Turning to Medicaid and SCHIP in an Economic Recession: Conversations With Recent Applicants and Enrollees

Based on focus group discussions, examines how the loss of jobs and employer-sponsored health insurance affects families. Explores the limitations of COBRA and private insurance and the role of Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Programs

The Role of Medicaid in State Economies: A Look at the Research

Draws upon twenty-nine studies in twenty-three states to analyze the role of Medicaid spending in state and local economies -- the multiplier effect of jobs, tax revenues, and federal matching dollars and the impact of reduced spending in a downturn

Medicaid in a Declining Economy: Limited Approaches for States to Control Spending

Based on annual budget surveys of Medicaid directors from 2003 to 2007, analyzes states' cost containment strategies during the previous recession, the potential limitations in the latest downturn, and the possibility of cuts in core programs

Moving Ahead Amid Fiscal Challenges: A Look at Medicaid Spending, Coverage and Policy Trends

Examines fiscal year 2011 trends in state efforts to control Medicaid spending, reform payment and delivery systems, and prepare for healthcare reform implementation, as well as projections in spending and enrollment growth for fiscal year 2012

Determining Income Eligibility in Children's Health Coverage Programs: How States Use Disregards in Children's Medicaid and SCHIP

Outlines how and why states disregard or deduct certain earnings and expenses in determining eligibility for Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program to help cover low-income working families. Summarizes a survey of state policies

Medicaid in a Crunch: A Mid-FY 2009 Update on State Medicaid Issues in a Recession

Based on a November 2008 survey of Medicaid directors, examines the impact of the economic downturn on state Medicaid programs midway through fiscal year 2009, including possible cutbacks; the outlook for 2010; and priorities for federal action

Headed for a Crunch: An Update on Medicaid Spending, Coverage and Policy Heading Into an Economic Downturn

Presents findings from a survey of state Medicaid officials on trends in spending, enrollment, policy actions, and budgets for fiscal years 2008-2009. Discusses the possibility of increased enrollment and budget shortfalls due to the economic slowdown