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Briefs Examine the Increase in Medicaid Physician Fees for Primary Care under Health Reform
Two papers examine Medicaid physician fees and a health reform provision that will raise Medicaid fees to Medicare levels for many primary care doctors in 2013 and 2014. The first brief presents 50-state data from the 2012 KCMU/Urban Institute Medicaid Physician Fee Survey. The second brief explains the main provisions of the CMS regulations for implementing the fee increase.

Briefs Examine Efforts in Washington and Massachusetts to Integrate Care and Align Financing for Dual Eligible Beneficiaries
Washington is the first state to sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to test a managed fee-for-service financial alignment model for beneficiaries who are dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid, beginning April 1, 2013. A policy brief summarizes key aspects of the MOU, while a related brief compares Washington's demonstration to a similar effort in Massachusetts to integrate care and align financing for dual eligibles that relies on a capitated financing model.

Key Resources on Medicaid: How It Works, How It's Financed and Whom It Serves
Several KCMU resources provide a basic overview of the Medicaid program, including Medicaid At A Glance, State Fiscal Conditions and Medicaid, and Faces of Medicaid. A detailed chart book provides an illustrative overview of some of the key factors behind the substantial variation in Medicaid spending across states. An infographic looks at Medicaid spending and enrollment. Where Are States Today? looks at current Medicaid and CHIP eligibility levels for children and non-disabled adults. Finally, a study analyzes the projected state-by-state impact on Medicaid enrollment and spending of converting the program to a block grant financing under the House Budget Plan.

Medicaid in Health Reform
A brief addresses questions that may arise for states regarding implementing the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion following the Supreme Court decision. A report looks at how the Medicaid expansion will affect eligibility and coverage for adults. A Quick Take examines who benefits from the ACA Medicaid expansion. Faces of the Medicaid Expansion provides a personal look at the experiences and profiles of uninsured adults who could gain coverage, and an analysis provides national and state-by-state estimates of the impact of the ACA Medicaid expansion on federal and state Medicaid costs, Medicaid enrollment, and the number of uninsured.

Resources on People Dually Eligible For Medicare and Medicaid
Facts, data and analysis about the 9 million low-income seniors and younger people with disabilities who are covered by both Medicare and Medicaid.

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Visualizing Health Policy: Health Coverage Under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) -- December 2012

Medicaid's Role for Women Across the Lifespan: Current Issues and the Impact of the Affordable Care Act -- December 2012

Increasing Medicaid Payments for Certain Primary Care Physicians in 2013 and 2014: A Primer on the Health Reform Provision and Final Rule -- December 2012

How Much Will Medicaid Physician Fees for Primary Care Rise in 2013? Evidence from a 2012 Survey of Medicaid Physician Fees -- December 2012

Washington's Managed FFS Demonstration to Integrate Care and Align Financing for Dual Eligible Beneficiaries -- December 2012

Massachusetts and Washington: Financial Alignment Demonstrations for Dual Eligible Beneficiaries Compared -- December 2012

Medicaid Eligibility and Enrollment for People With Disabilities Under the Affordable Care Act: The Impact of CMS's March 23, 2012 Final Regulations -- December 2012

Medicaid Eligibility, Enrollment Simplification, and Coordination under the Affordable Care Act: A Summary of CMS's March 23, 2012 Final Rule -- December 2012

Quick Take: An Update on the ACA & HIV: Medicaid Health Homes -- December 2012

The Medicaid Medically Needy Program: Spending and Enrollment Update -- December 2012

This infographic explains how people can get health coverage beginning in 2014.

This issue brief provides an overview of the Medicaid program and its role in providing health and long-term care coverage for low-income women.

This brief explains the main provisions of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ November 6, 2012 final rule, which provides the blueprint for implementation of the Medicaid primary care fee increase under health reform.

This brief presents 50-state data from the 2012 KCMU/Urban Institute Medicaid Physician Fee Survey. It presents data on how states compare in their 2012 Medicaid fee levels, how Medicaid fees compared to Medicare fees, and how Medicaid fees have changed over time.

This policy brief describes key aspects of Washington state's memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to test a managed fee-for-service (FFS) financial alignment model for beneficiaries who are dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid, beginning on April 1, 2013.

This fact sheet compares five-year demonstrations in Massachusetts and Washington state to integrate care and align financing for people dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid. The states finalized memoranda of understanding (MOUs) with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in fall 2012.

This brief summarizes Medicaid eligibility and benefits for people with disabilities today and explains how they will be affected by the ACA in light of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' (CMS) March 23, 2012 final rule to implement the ACA provisions relating to Medicaid eligibility, enrollment simplification and coordination.

This brief provides a summary of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' (CMS) March 23, 2012 final rule, which is effective Jan. 1, 2014 and lays out procedures for states to implement the Medicaid expansion and the streamlined and integrated eligibility and enrollment system created under the Affordable Care Act.

This Quick Take explains why the Medicaid health home model is important for HIV care and prevention.

This KCMU brief provides updated enrollment and spending figures on the Medicaid medically needy program, explains how individuals becomes eligible for the program, and offers key considerations for policy discussions.

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