- Fiscal Year 2013: The House Budget Proposal
Friday, May 04, 2012
A brief summarizing the House FY 2013 budget proposal for MassHealth and other health coverage programs.
- The House Ways and Means Budget Proposal for 2013
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
A brief summarizing the House Ways and Means FY 2013 budget proposal.
- The Governor's House 2 Budget Proposal for FY2013
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
This budget brief describing the Governor’s Fiscal Year 2013 (FY 2013) budget proposal for MassHealth (Medicaid) and other health care programs is the first in a series of fact sheets that will be published by the Massachusetts Medicaid Policy Institute (MMPI) and produced by the Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center in partnership with the Massachusetts Law Reform Institute. MMPI will be publishing budget fact sheets at each stage in the FY 2013 budget process, as budget proposals move through the legislature.
- Stabilizing MassHealth Funding: Options to Break the Recurring Cycle of Expansion and Contraction
Friday, February 10, 2012
Stabilizing MassHealth Funding: Options to Break the Recurring Cycle of Expansion and Contraction, written by Beth Waldman of Bailit Health Purchasing, Robert Seifert of the Center for Health Law and Economics at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, and Kate Nordahl of MMPI, discusses the challenges and implications of the counter-cyclical nature of the Medicaid program and options to reduce the reactive swings in MassHealth funding and scope of services that can come with downturns in the economy.
- Risk Adjustment for Dual Eligibles: Breaking New Ground in Massachusetts
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Risk Adjustment for Dual Eligibles: Breaking New Ground in Massachusetts, written by Tony Dreyfus and Ellen Breslin Davidson of BD Group, provides an overview of the federal and state experience with risk adjustment in programs serving persons dually eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid.
- Summary of Key New Provisions in the 1115 MassHealth Waiver Renewal
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Summary of the MassHealth 1115 waiver renewal including a brief overview of four new provisions approved under the waiver renewal.
- Innovations in Medicaid: Considerations for MassHealth
Wednesday, December 07, 2011
Report summarizing the results of a series of interviews conducted by the Center for Health Care Strategies with key Medicaid stakeholders from across the country on cutting-edge Medicaid strategies including: purchasing strategies to optimize delivery systems; payment strategies to leverage existing funds; integrated models of care to improve services for complex populations; and opportunities for improved organizational capacity.
- Untangling Medicaid Myths
Monday, November 07, 2011
Op Ed by Kate Nordahl and Sarah Iselin recently published on the Boston Globe’s blog The Podium.
- MassHealth: The Basics - Facts, Trends and National Context
Monday, October 31, 2011
Chart pack, prepared by the Center for Health Law and Economics at the UMass Medical School, including summary data on MassHealth enrollment and spending. Designed to support use of the charts in presentations.
- Dual Eligibles in Massachusetts: A Profile of Health Care Services and Spending for Non-Elderly Adults Enrolled in Both Medicare and Medicaid
Monday, September 12, 2011
Comprehensive report presenting combined Medicare and Medicaid spending data for non-elderly adults (ages 21 to 64) dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid in Massachusetts. This report was created by Ellen Breslin Davidson and Tony Dreyfus of BD Group. MMPI produced this report in collaboration with the Office of Medicaid in the Executive Office of Health and Human Services.
- The ACA’s Impact on Medicaid: Changes and Opportunities for MassHealth
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
This report, by Beth Waldman from Bailit Health Purchasing and Kate Nordahl of the Massachusetts Medicaid Policy Institute, provides an in-depth discussion of the provisions from the Affordable Care Act (ACA) which impact Medicaid programs and how these provisions may be applied in Massachusetts.
- FY2012 House and Senate Budget Proposals Comparison Brief
Thursday, June 09, 2011
This budget brief comparing the House and Senate Fiscal Year 2012 (FY 2012) budget proposals for MassHealth (Medicaid) and other health care programs is the fifth in a series of fact sheets that are published by the Massachusetts Medicaid Policy Institute (MMPI) and produced by the Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center in partnership with the Massachusetts Law Reform Institute. MMPI is publishing budget fact sheets at each stage in the FY 2012 budget process, as budget proposals move through the legislature.
- FY2012 SWM Budget Proposal
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
This budget brief describing the Senate Ways and Means Fiscal Year 2012 (FY 2012) budget proposal for MassHealth (Medicaid) and other health care programs is the fourth in a series of fact sheets that are published by the Massachusetts Medicaid Policy Institute (MMPI) and produced by the Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center in partnership with the Massachusetts Law Reform Institute. MMPI is publishing budget fact sheets at each stage in the FY 2012 budget process, as budget proposals move through the legislature.
- MassHealth Enrollment Growth Since Reform
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
New analysis by MMPI examining the growth in MassHealth enrollment since passage of the state’s health reform law. This analysis shows that most of the growth in MassHealth enrollment (76 percent) has been in eligibility categories that existed prior to reform, and therefore would have occurred in the absence of the state’s health reform law.
- FY2012 House Budget Proposal
Friday, May 06, 2011
This budget brief describing the final House Fiscal Year 2012 (FY 2012) budget proposal for MassHealth (Medicaid) and other health care programs is the third in a series of fact sheets that are published by the Massachusetts Medicaid Policy Institute (MMPI) and produced by the Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center in partnership with the Massachusetts Law Reform Institute. MMPI is publishing budget fact sheets at each stage in the FY 2012 budget process, as budget proposals move through the legislature.
- FY2012 HWM Budget Proposal
Thursday, April 21, 2011
This budget brief describing the House Committee on Ways and Means (HWM) Fiscal Year 2012 (FY 2012) budget proposal for MassHealth (Medicaid) and other health care programs is the second in a series of fact sheets that are published by the Massachusetts Medicaid Policy Institute (MMPI) and produced by the Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center in partnership with the Massachusetts Law Reform Institute. MMPI is publishing budget fact sheets at each stage in the FY 2012 budget process, as budget proposals move through the legislature.
- FY2012 Governor's House 1 Budget Proposal
Thursday, February 10, 2011
This budget brief describing the Governor’s Fiscal Year 2012 (FY 2012) budget proposal for MassHealth (Medicaid) and other health care programs is the first in a series of fact sheets that will be published by the Massachusetts Medicaid Policy Institute (MMPI) and produced by the Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center in partnership with the Massachusetts Law Reform Institute. MMPI will be publishing budget fact sheets at each stage in the FY 2012 budget process, as budget proposals move through the legislature.
- The Basics of the Massachusetts Medicaid Program
Monday, February 07, 2011
A updated fact sheet that introduces MassHealth, the Massachusetts Medicaid program, describing its basic structure, benefits, and beneficiaries. It examines how enrollment and spending have changed over time and describes some current policy issues and challenges.