Category Archives: MassHealth/Medicaid

All things Medicaid and MassHealth

One-Two From Patrick Adminstration

This week the Patrick administration reaffirmed its commitment to health care in the Commonwealth. First, the Governor’s State of the Commonwealth speech focused on payment and delivery system reforms that will stem the rising costs of health care: The market … Continue reading

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Report Highlights Massachusetts Success In Children’s Enrollment

A survey released today by the Kaiser Family Foundation’s Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured (KCMU) showcased experiences of four states – Massachusetts, Alabama, Iowa, and Oregon – at the forefront of the nation’s recent gains in children’s health coverage. … Continue reading

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Some More Good Stuff From MMPI

Kate Nordahl and the Mass Medicaid Policy Institute keep churning out more good stuff. Next up are two timely papers: First is a fact sheet (pdf) on the just-concluded extension of our Medicaid waiver, the agreement with the federal government … Continue reading

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[UPDATED] Covering All Legal Immigrants: Not $150 million this year, and not after next year, either

The state SJC just ordered the state to restore full Commonwealth Care coverage for legal immigrants. What’s it going to cost? For lots of people, the $30 billion state budget is just lots of unimaginable big numbers. But for those … Continue reading

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BREAKING: Victory! Mass Supreme Judical Court Rules in Favor of Coverage for Legal Immigrants

The SJC just issued their opinion in Finch v. Commonwealth Health Insurance Connector Authority, the case brought by Health Law Advocates contesting the denial of full Commonwealth Care benefits to legal immigrants who did not qualify for federal Medicaid reimbursement. … Continue reading

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Some More Holiday Reading (non-comic book edition)

For the quiet week coming up, the Blue Cross Foundation and Mass Medicaid Policy Institute released some good wonkness to read and learn from. We’re so fortunate as a policy community to have these institutions supplying high-quality materials to further … Continue reading

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To BHP or not to BHP? That is the Question.

Today, Secretary Bigby convened the fifth in a series of stakeholder meetings to discuss Affordable Care Act (ACA) implementation in Massachusetts (see slides from today’s meeting). One of the big ACA decisions facing state policymakers is what subsidized insurance coverage … Continue reading

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State Releases Draft Duals Proposal

The process for improving care for disabled adults in Massachusetts took a step forward yesterday, as EOHHS and the Office of Medicaid released their proposal to the federal Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation. Entitled “State Demonstration to Integrate Care … Continue reading

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Untangling Medicaid Myths

It’s a hard job, but someone’s got to do it: “clear away some of the misconceptions that muddy the debate about the future of Medicaid.” That best someones in the state to do it are Kate Nordahl, director of the … Continue reading

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New Required Reading: MassHealth Facts, Trends and National Context

This morning, the Massachusetts Medicaid Policy Institute (MMPI) released an updated version of its essential guide, MassHealth: The Basics (pdf), prepared by the UMass Medical Center for Health Law and Economics.  In addition to an overview of MassHealth program and … Continue reading

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