Highlights from SHADAC's September 11, 2009, conference call discussing the health insurance coverage estimates from the calendar year 2008 Current Population Survey data release. September 2009.

Report for Phase 1 of the Medicaid Undercount Project (SNACC).  This phase involved re-using the Phase II process, replacing the CPS data with NHIS data. In addition to providing explanations for discrepancies between the national NHIS and MSIS, comparisons to Phase II results allowed the examination of how survey design and implementation affect the quality of the resulting survey data and the estimates derived from it.  May 2009.

For more information see SHADAC's web page for the Medicaid Undercount Project.

Report for Phase III of the Medicaid Undercount Project (SNACC).  In this phase data from the state MSIS files, CPS, 2001 Supplemental Survey (SS01), as well as the MAX and Census Bureau Master Address File (MAF) were used. The Census Bureau worked with CMS to negotiate the acquisition of state MSIS files that enhance the capability of finding matches because they included person names and addresses (in contrast with the national file, which does not include this identifying information).

Report for Phase II of the Medicaid Undercount Project (SNACC). In this phase data were merged from the Medicaid Analytic Extract (MAX), MSIS, the Current Population Survey (CPS), the Person Characteristic File (PCF), and the Master Address File Auxiliary Reference File (MAFARF). Once matches/non-matches between the MSIS and CPS were determined, the matched records were supplemented with information from the MAX and examine why there were discrepancies between MSIS records of enrollment and CPS reports of Medicaid coverage. The MAFARF and PCF are used to augment the analysis.

Report for Phase I of the Medicaid Undercount Project (SNACC).  This phase involved creating a national database of health-insurance enrollment and evaluate the quality of the information it contains. This was done by merging the CMS Medicaid Statistical Information System (MSIS) files with the CMS Medicare (EDB) files.

On July 27, 2009, the State Health Access Data Assistance Center (SHADAC) hosted a conference call featuring Robin Cohen, PhD, senior statistician in the Division of Health Interview Statistics at the National Center for Health Statistics. Dr. Cohen discussed early release findings from the 2008 National Health Interview Survey, published in the June 2009 report, "Health Insurance Coverage: Early Release of Estimates from the National Health Interview Survey, 2008," by Robin A. Cohen and Michael E.

This file presents two sheets in an Excel workbook with sample counts by state for the CPS from 1988 to the present.  One sheet is for individuals and one for households.  September 2009.

This report provides results for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Care Consumer Confidence Index (RWJF Index) for June 2009. The RWJF index is a monthly snapshot of how adults in the United States perceive their financial access to health care.

This report presents findings from a statewide survey of 4,626 Minnesota Health Care Program (MHCP) enrollees conducted either by mail or by telephone between July and December 2008. This survey was funded by the Minnesota Department of Human Services and had four major goals. The first was to identify and describe barriers to, and experiences with, health care among adults and children who receive health insurance through Minnesota Health Care Programs (MHCP).

This report provides results for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Care Consumer Confidence Index (RWJF Index) for baseline and May 2009. The RWJF index is a monthly snapshot of how adults in the United States perceive their financial access to health care.