Medicaid Expansions

SHARE grantee David Idala, Director of Medicaid Policy Studies at The Hilltop Institute at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, released a final report from his SHARE-funded evaluation of Maryland’s effort to identify and enroll eligible children in Medicaid and CHIP using information from state tax forms.

Maryland’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene developed a white paper that outlines the continuity of care issues individuals will face as they transition between Medicaid and the Exchange.

This memorandum, prepared at the request of the California Health Benefit Exchange, examines the impact of a Basic Health Program (BHP) on coverage in California.

Rhode Island has released an RFP to procure one or more vendors to design, implement, and operate a technology platform to support both new and existing health insurance initiatives under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), support existing human services programs, provide hosting services for the state’s health benefits exchange and integrated eligibility system (HIX/IES), and potentially provide contracted operations of key business functions of the HIX/IES.

Oregon has submitted a waiver amendment to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for approval to implement the Coordinated Care Organization (CCOs) program.