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Medicaid Block Grants: Lessons from Rhode Island's Global Waiver
Publication Year: 2013

This brief highlights findings from the SHARE-funded research project led by Dr. Edward Alan Miller (University of Massachusetts Boston) to evaluate the structure and implementation of the Rhode Island Global Consumer Choice Compact Medicaid Waiver (the "Global Waiver").  The authors discuss select findings from this project and the implications of these findings for the debate about block granting Medicaid and for health reform generally.  

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.

Louisiana Breaks New Ground: The Nation's First Use of Automatic Enrollment through Express Lane Eligibility
Publication Year: 2012

This SHARE brief, from Urban Institute Senior Fellow Stan Dorn, details findings from an analysis of Louisiana's landmark used of automated Medicaid enrollment via Express Lane Eligibility (ELE), a strategy authorized by the Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 (CHIPRA).  Under this initiative Louisiana automatically enrolled children into Medicaid based on data matches indicating eligibility for the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).  Dorn and his co-authors analyze the impact of ELE on several outcomes including enrollment, coverage, administrative costs, and administrative efficiency.

SHARE Grant Awards - Summer 2012
Publication Year: 2012

The State Health Access Reform Evaluation (SHARE) program awarded nine new grants to fund research addressing health reform issues that states face as they work to improve coverage and access.  This is SHARE's third round of grants since the program began in 2007.  The new grants, which range in length from 12 to 24 months, will offer timely insights into a variety of health reform issues.  The projects will explore topics such as Medicaid expansion for childless adults, value-based insurance design for state employee health plans, approaches to health care coordination/integration, and the production of reliable small area estimates of health insurance coverage and access.  This document provides an overview of the nine grants awarded under the third round of SHARE funding. 

Selection in Massachusetts' Commonwealth Care Program: Lessons for State Basic Health Plans
Publication Year: 2012

In this brief, SHARE grantee Deborah Chollet and her co-authors Allison Barrett and Amy Lischko analyze risk selection over time in Massachusetts' CommonWealth Care program, which serves low-income adults ineligible for Medicaid, much like a Basic Health Plan under the ACA.  Based on their findings, the authors offer lessons for other states considering whether to form a Basic Health Plan, looking at questions of program design, impacts on the commercial market, and financing and operations.