5-Slide Series – Page 12 – The Menges Group

An Analysis of Medicare Part D and Medicaid Prescription Drugs

This month’s edition analyzes and compares prescription volume and drug costs in the Medicaid and Medicare Part D programs. We tabulated pre-rebate cost per prescription for each program from 2013-2017. We also analyzed trends in specialty drug volume and expenditures…

Mar. 1, 2019 Download 5 slide

KEYWORDS:Expenditures, Medicaid, Medicare, Prescription Drugs

Unemployment Rates in Medicaid Expansion and Non-Expansion States, 2010-2017

This edition assesses whether differences exist in overall economic performance that might help explain the Medicaid enrollment trend differences that were identified in our January 2019 edition of the Series. We have presented the unemployment rate progression from 2010 to…

Feb. 1, 2019 Download 5 slide

KEYWORDS:Enrollment, Expansion, Medicaid

National Medicaid Enrollment Progression, 2014-2017

This edition tracks the national Medicaid enrollment projection from January 2014 through September 2017, showing enrollment growth dynamics between the expansion and non-expansion population, and across states that adopted Medicaid expansion versus those electing not to do so.

Jan. 7, 2019 Download 5 slide

KEYWORDS:Enrollment, Expansion, Medicaid

CY2018 Tax Estimates for the Average U.S. Family

This edition presents our tabulations on an “average family’s” federal, state and local taxes for CY2018 and how their tax contributions are spent.

Dec. 1, 2018 Download 5 slide

KEYWORDS:Expenditures, Medicaid, Medicare, Policy

Mid-Term Election Results and Medicaid Expansion

Our November Edition of the 5 Slide Series focuses on the 2018 election results and conveys some of the potential implications of these results regarding Medicaid expansion.

Nov. 1, 2018 Download 5 slide

KEYWORDS:Expansion, Medicaid, Policy

Medicaid MCO Quality Tabulations – NCQA Rating Year 2018-2019

October’s edition conveys some of our tabulations working with the recently published NCQA Medicaid health plan quality ratings for Rating Year 2018-2019. AmeriHealth Caritas and UnitedHealthcare are the two top-rated national chain organizations in terms of their average NCQA rating…

Oct. 1, 2018 Download 5 slide

KEYWORDS:Medicaid, Quality

Medicaid MCO Savings on Prescription Drug Costs – Therapeutic Class Level Comparisons

The September edition presents Medicaid data from our Pharmacy Practice, quantifying the differences in cost per prescription between the MCO and FFS settings in two selected high-volume therapeutic classes. In both drug classes (as occurs with Medicaid prescriptions overall), the…

Sep. 1, 2018 Download 5 slide

KEYWORDS:Medicaid, Prescription Drugs

Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) Payment Trends in Medicaid Expansion vs. Non-Expansion States

The August edition quantifies Medicaid DSH payments, showing the progression of DSH spending in each state from 2013-2017. The key takeaway is that Medicaid DSH has not dropped at all across the expansion states since 2013, even though this was…

Aug. 1, 2018 Download 5 slide

KEYWORDS:Expansion, Expenditures, Medicaid

Medicaid MCO Profitability, 2016-2017

Our July 2018 edition conveys summary data regarding the Medicaid MCO industry’s overall financial performance during CY2016 and CY2017.

Jul. 1, 2018 Download 5 slide

KEYWORDS:Financial Performance, Medicaid

Georgia Medicaid MCO Profile Report, 2016-2017

Our June 2018 edition summarizes the recent financial performance and quality performance for Georgia’s health plans, as an example of the information we often provide our clients using these datasets.

Jun. 1, 2018 Download 5 slide

KEYWORDS:Financial Performance, Medicaid