Medicaid Institute™: News
United Hospital Fund Report Assesses the Measurement of Quality of Care for Medicaid Beneficiaries with Complex Needs
A new Medicaid Institute report focuses on measuring quality of care for Medicaid beneficiaries with complex needs, including those with multiple chronic conditions, behavioral health conditions, and long-term care needs.
Jim Tallon: Getting from Here to There
Four issues exemplify the significant conflicts underlying work in New York to successfully implement a dramatically improved health care system.
Jim Tallon: Positive Changes Taking Shape in NY Health Care
Published by Crain's New York Business on April 24, 2011, and re-posted with permission, this op-ed by Jim Tallon outlines some of the big changes on the ground that are coming to health care.
United Hospital Fund Examines Medicaid's Challenges in Caring for Beneficiaries with Behavioral Health Needs
Medicaid beneficiaries who receive care for mental health or substance abuse have greater physical health needs, and higher overall Medicaid costs, than other beneficiaries—a pattern that points to the need for better integration of physical and behavioral health care under Medicaid, according to this report.
United Hospital Fund Report Examines Medicaid Eligibility and Enrollment Changes
This report from the Medicaid Institute at United Hospital Fund examines Medicaid’s eligibility and enrollment processes in an environment being reshaped by New York’s implementation of federal health care reform and the transition of Medicaid administration from local governments to the state.
Two United Hospital Fund Reports Find Variations in Medicaid Long-Term Care Service Use and Spending
Two Medicaid Institute reports look at patterns and variations in long-term care service use and spending—intended to inform policymakers as they seek to meet the needs of beneficiaries and improve the effectiveness of long-term care in an environment of constrained resources.
United Hospital Fund Report Examines New York's Medicaid Program—Past, Present, and Future
This Medicaid Institute publication lays out the challenges and opportunities facing New York’s Medicaid program, against a backdrop of a historic federal health care reform law and an unprecedented state budget deficit.
Jim Tallon: Truth-Telling Time
It's time to tell the truth about the Affordable Care Act—and about the consequences of inaction.
Collaboration among Payers Presents Opportunities for Health Care Reform, but Challenges Remain
A new report from the United Hospital Fund assesses the opportunities and challenges for multipayer collaborations to be critical agents of reform in health care delivery.
United Hospital Fund Report Lays Out Approaches to Simplify Enrollment and Retention in New York's Public Insurance Programs
This Medicaid Institute™ report explores how New York could use data-matching strategies to simplify enrollment and retention in its public health insurance programs.
United Hospital Fund Report Presents an Unprecedented Portrait of New York's Insurance Markets
This report provides the first comprehensive analysis of New York’s commercial and self-funded health insurance markets, and public managed care markets for children and for Medicaid and Medicare recipients. Because there is wide disparity across the nation in how insurance works, an understanding of insurance in New York is especially critical as federal health reform may support or complicate the state’s efforts to date.
United Hospital Fund Report Offers Recommendations and Options to Better Manage Care for Patients with Severe Mental Illness and Chronic Physical Health Conditions
A report from the United Hospital Fund’s Medicaid Institute™: concludes that, for Medicaid beneficiaries with chronic physical health conditions and serious and persistent mental illness, the more integration of physical and behavioral health care services the better.
United Hospital Fund Publishes First-of-Its-Kind Report with Comprehensive Data on Medicaid Long-Term Care Programs in New York
A new Medicaid Institute™ report aims to inform current policy discussions about how to address challenges associated with New York's Medicaid long-term care programs.
United Hospital Fund Report Rethinks Service Delivery for Some of the Highest-Cost Medicaid Patients
This report lays out the challenges to improving care for certain high-cost Medicaid beneficiaries, focusing on those with multiple and substantial needs who rely disproportionately on hospital inpatient services.
Two United Hospital Fund Reports Address Interruptions in Medicaid Coverage
These two reports look at enrollment and renewal challenges and opportunities for children and for all long-term beneficiaries.
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