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5 Slide Series

Our 5 Slide Series allows us to regularly present objective analyses and trends on issues we believe are of interest and share our findings through data tabulations and visualizations.

Modernizing Medicare through Piloting Mandatory Enrollment in Care Coordination Programs

This edition of our Five Slide Series is Medicare-focused, policy-oriented, and qualitative and opinionated in nature. We report on the achievements the Medicaid program has made in the mandatory enrollment MCO model, and convey our thoughts on testing a similar…

Medicaid Demographic Mix

This edition of our Five Slide Series focuses quantitatively on Medicaid’s “footprint” in terms of the proportion of the country’s population served by the program by age, gender, and race. Our finding agree with the national consensus; Medicaid plays a…

Financial Dynamics of Medicaid Expansion

This edition of the Five Slide Series estimates the amount each states’ residents are paying for the Medicaid expansion population’s coverage – whether or not their state is participating in the coverage program. In the aggregate, we estimate that an…

Assessment of 2014 Medicaid MCO Quality Rankings

This edition assesses the 2014 NCQA Medicaid MCO quality scores. Analysis includes calculation of statewide average scores for all plans, top performing MCOs relative to their state's average, comparisons by ownership (such as publicly traded versus non-publicly traded MCOs), and…

Medicaid Eligibility Statistical Analysis and Comparisons

This edition looks at Medicaid eligibility trends, including stability in Medicaid coverage.  We also find States with managed care tend to offer more stable Medicaid than FFS States.

Combined Spending on Medicaid and Medicare by State

This edition looks at Medicaid and Medicare combined costs. Nationwide, 2009 combined claims-based spending on Medicaid and Medicare represented approximately $800 billion in overall outlays, excluding most disproportionate share (DSH) and upper payment limit (UPL) supplemental payments. These claims-based expenditures…

Eliminating Excess Costs and Redeploying Savings

These slides are health policy focused, looking at areas where significant cost savings can/should occur, and identifying at a high level ways that these savings can best be redirected to improve overall health. Some of these concepts are relevant to…

Medicaid Expansion: Initial Findings on Costs

This month’s edition provides data on the costs of Medicaid-covered adults and a conceptual framework for estimating the Medicaid expansion population’s emerging PMPM costs.

Medicaid Cost Trends

The April 2014 edition of our five slide series focuses on historical Medicaid expenditure growth. The size of annual Medicaid cost increases do not seem to be driven by fluctuations in the economy or by which party holds the presidency.…

Coordinated Care- Bringing Key Components Together

This edition explores the dynamics of optimal coordinated care, in relation to governmental policies/actions and MCO operational activities.  There are several combinations of ways that optimal care coordination programs are not yet being achieved. The construct described may be useful in…
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