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Estimated Financial Effects of Expanding Oregon's Medicaid Program under the Affordable Care Act (2014-2020)
Publication Year: 2013

In its role as a technical assistance provider for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s State Network initiative, SHADAC collaborated with Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU) and Manatt Health Solutions to produce an analysis of the fiscal effects of expanding Medicaid in Oregon under the ACA.  The analysis, prepared for the Oregon Health Authority, estimates the potential costs and benefits of the ACA Medicaid expansion to the State through SFY 2020.  Overall, the analysis projects that the expansion would provide coverage to more than 240,000 newly eligible Oregonians and encourage approximately 20,000 previously eligible Oregonians to enroll in coverage.  Ultimately, this will generate $11.3 billion in federal health care expenditures and a net savings of $79 million to the state general fund. 

V-BID in Action: A Profile of Connecticut's Health Enhancement Program
Publication Year: 2013

This brief is from the research team led by SHARE grantee Dr. Richard Hirth, Research Director at the Center for Value-Based Insurance Design (V-BID) at the University of Michigan.  The brief outlines preliminary findings on Connecticut's state employee Health Enhancement Program (HEP), which provides financial incentives for participants to obtain high-value services and has thus far seen significant positive results.  Dr. Hirth and his team are currently conducting a rigorous SHARe-funded evaluation of HEP to identify trends in utilization and expenditures made by HEP enrollees relative to control populations, with results available within the next year.

Lessons from the Implementation of the Maryland Kids First Act
Publication Year: 2012

This brief highlights key findings from the SHARE-sponsored project led by David Idala, Director of Medicaid Policy Studies at The Hilltop Institute (University of Maryland, Baltimore County).  The project evaluated the implementation of Maryland's Kids First initiative, through which the state aimed to identify and enroll uninsured children who were eligible for Medicaid or CHIP coverage.  The goel of the Hilltop evaluation was to glean lessons for not just Maryland but also for other states considering similar outreach and enrollment efforts.  The brief describes the factors that facilitated Kids First as well as the key challenges that Maryland faced as it implemented the initiative.

Implications and Options for State-Funded Programs Under Health Reform
Publication Year: 2012

A number of states and the District of Columbia currently administer health coverage programs for low-income uninsured individuals who either exceed maximum Medicaid income eligibility thresholds or who are not categoricallly eligible for the Medicaid program, such as childless adults.  The majority of individuals currently covered through these programs will be eligible for other coverage pursuant to the Affordable Care Act (ACA). This issue brief, from SHARE grantee Theresa Sachs and her research team at Health Management Associates, reviews the objectives and structure of 11 health coverage programs in six states and documents the legal, technical, and policy issues that states are already addressing, or need to address, as they review options for transitioning program enrollees to new coverage options under the ACA.  The authors also present possibilities for new uses of state dollars freed up by the infusion of federal funds in 2014.

Implications and Options for State-Funded and Medicaid Expansion Coverage Programs under Health Reform
Publication Year: 2012

A number of states and the District of Columbia currently administer health coverage programs for low-income uninsured individuals who either exceed maximum Medicaid income eligibility thresholds or who are not categoricallly eligible for the Medicaid program, such as childless adults.  The majority of individuals currently covered through these programs will be eligible for other coverage pursuant to the Affordable Care Act (ACA). This report, from SHARE grantee Theresa Sachs and her research team at Health Management Associates, reviews the objectives and structure of 11 health coverage programs in six states and documents the legal, technical, and policy issues that states are already addressing, or need to address, as they review options for transitioning program enrollees to new coverage options under the ACA.  The authors also present possibilities for new uses of state dollars freed up by the infusion of federal funds in 2014.