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Insurance Expansion, Hospital Uncompensated Care, and the Affordable Care Act
ib_UncompensatedCare.pdf
The Affordable Care Act is Improving Access to Preventive Services for Millions of Americans
The Affordable Care Act is Improving Access to Preventive Services for Millions of Americans.pdf
Long-Term and Post-Acute Care Providers Engaged in Health Information Exchange: Final Report. Attachment J-1. Eastern Maine Health System Pioneer Accountable Care Organization Quality Measures
Description of ACO Measures: Excerpts and Table from CMS "Accountable Care Organization 2013 Program Analysis--Quality Performance Standards Narrative Measure Specifications" Report
Improving the Coordination of Services for Adults with Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders: Profiles of Four State Medicaid Initiatives. Appendix B. Louisiana State Profile
This state profile also available at: http://aspe.hhs.gov/pdf-report/improving-coordination-services-adults-mental-health-and-substance-use-disorders-louisiana-state-profile
A. Program Description
Overview
Improving the Coordination of Services for Adults with Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders: Profiles of Four State Medicaid Initiatives. Appendix A. Illinois State Profile
This state profile also available at: http://aspe.hhs.gov/pdf-report/improving-coordination-services-adults-mental-health-and-substance-use-disorders-illinois-state-profile
A. Program Description
Overview
Descriptive Overview and Summary of Balancing Incentive Program Participating States at Baseline
The Balancing Incentive Program is one of several provisions included in the 2009 Affordable Care Act designed to increase the provision of Medicaid home and community-based services (HCBS) and to improve the infrastructure for the provision of HCBS. Eligible states that applied and were approved as meeting the eligibility criteria receive enhance
BIPbase.pdf
Descriptive Overview and Summary of Balancing Incentive Program Participating States at Baseline
Joshua M. Wiener, PhD, Sarita L. Karon, PhD, Mary McGinn-Shapiro, MPP, Brieanne Lyda-McDonald, MS, and Trini Thach, BS RTI International
Diane Justice, MA, Scott Holladay, MPA, and Kimm Mooney, BA National Academy for State Health Policy
Mary Sowers, BA National Association of State Directors of Developmental Disability Services
August 2015
Descriptive Overview and Summary of Balancing Incentive Program Participating States at Baseline
Joshua M. Wiener, PhD, Sarita L. Karon, PhD, Mary McGinn-Shapiro, MPP, Brieanne Lyda-McDonald, MS, and Trini Thach, BS RTI International
Diane Justice, MA, Scott Holladay, MPA, and Kimm Mooney, BA National Academy for State Health Policy
Mary Sowers, BA National Association of State Directors of Developmental Disability Services
August 2015
BIPbase.pdf
Modified Adjusted Gross Income (MAGI) Income Conversion Methodologies. Endnotes
1 The Affordable Care Act consists of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111-148) and Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (Public Law 111-152).
In this paper, the term “Exchange” means “Health Insurance Marketplace.”
2 All references to eligibility in this document are inclusive of both Medi
Modified Adjusted Gross Income (MAGI) Income Conversion Methodologies. Appendix 2. Primary Differences between Magi under Medicaid/Chip Eligibility Rule and the Internal Revenue Code
The concept of MAGI is adapted from the context of federal income taxes and is defined in Section 36B(d)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. MAGI for purposes of Medicaid and CHIP eligibility under Section 2002 of the Affordable Care Act is closely aligned with, although not exactly the same as, MAGI for tax purposes. MAGI for tax purpose
Modified Adjusted Gross Income (MAGI) Income Conversion Methodologies. Section III: Methods that Account for Disregards Combined with Household Composition and Income Counting (HCIC) Methods
The Department also considered a number of methods that adjust for the income counting and household composition differences between MAGI and gross income. Key Disregard/HCIC methods examined were:
Same Number Net and MAGI (SNNM)
Average Difference
Marginal Difference
For each of these methods, the analytic approach is similar to that
Modified Adjusted Gross Income (MAGI) Income Conversion Methodologies. Background
Pre-MAGI Medicaid and CHIP financial eligibility standards vary among states and territories. Currently, subject to federal standards, states set their own rules with respect to income and the level of assets that qualify applicants for Medicaid. As part of this flexibility, states can determine sources and amounts of income that are counted when
Modified Adjusted Gross Income (MAGI) Income Conversion Methodologies. Introduction
The Affordable Care Act extends Medicaid to low-income adults and provides tax credits for coverage through the new Affordable Insurance Exchanges (Exchanges). 1 A key component of these coverage expansions is the use of the tax concept of Modified Adjusted Gross Income (MAGI) to assess financial eligibility for Medicaid and the Children’s He
The Affordable Care Act and Adolescents. Endnotes
1 American Community Survey 2011. Accessed June 2013 at: http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/searchresults.xhtml?refresh=t
2 Summary Health Statistics for U.S. Children: National Health Interview Survey, 2011. Virtual and Health Statistics. 10(254), December 2012.
The Affordable Care Act and Adolescents. Community Health Centers
To help adolescents and adults without access to a usual source of care, the Affordable Care Act (Section 10503) invests in Health Centers. Approximately $11 billion was appropriated over 5 years for operation, expansion, and construction of health centers throughout the nation. About $9.5 billion was provided to (1) Support ongoing health cente
The Affordable Care Act and Adolescents. Childhood Obesity Demonstration Project
This demonstration project , supported by the Affordable Care Act (Section 4306), aims to address childhood obesity, which has both immediate and long term effects including diabetes, heart disease risk factors, and obesity as an adult. 4 Based on 2007-2008 data, an estimated 10 percent of children ages 2-5 were obese and about 20 percent of
The Affordable Care Act and Adolescents. Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV)
The Affordable Care Act (Section 2951) created the MIECHV program which seeks to support families, including those of adolescent mothers, and improve outcomes for children through home visiting programs. Administered by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau at the Health Resources Services Administration (HRSA), the program facilitates collaboratio