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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 Eligibiltiy
Publication Year: 2012

This report, from SHARE grantee Stan Dorn of the Urban Institute, 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, offering a number of lessons for other states considering the use of ELE for public program eligiblity determination.

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.

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

This presentation of SHARE-funded research was given by Urban Institute Senior Fellow, Ian Hill, M.P.A., M.S.W.,  at the 2012 AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting in Orlando, FL, on June 23, 2012. The analysis looks at the Federal policy that facilitated Louisiana's use of Express-Lane Eligibility (ELE) and at Louisiana's approach to, and success with, the strategy.  Based on their findings, the authors provide a number of lessons for other states considering an ELE approach.

Implementing Expanded Medicaid Eligibility and MAGI under ACA: State Perspectives
Publication Year: 2011

This presentation was delivered by SHARE grantee Cheryl Camillo of Mathematica Policy Research at the 2011 Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM) Fall Conference in Washington, D.C. The presentation compares Medicaid and CHIP eligibility as it currently stands with eligibility as it will work under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in 2014; gives an overview of the proposed rules regarding Medicaid/CHIP eligibility that were put forth by HHS, CMS, and the IRS on August 17, 2011; and delineates state concerns and challenges surrounding implementation of the eligibility-related ACA provisions and proposed regulations.