Maryland Kids First Act Outreach Evaluation (2008)

Principal Investigator: David Idala, MA, Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

This study will analyze Maryland’s use of income tax records to identify un-enrolled Medicaid eligible children. The research will evaluate the logic behind the collection and use of this data, implementation of the pre-determined algorithm, and assess how well the state achieved its goals to identify and enroll uninsured eligible children in Medicaid and/or SCHIP. This study also seeks to more broadly inform other states’ efforts to use existing sources of data such as tax records for outreach and enrollment. A rigorous evaluation of this novel outreach strategy will be of great interest to states facing similar problems identifying and enrolling eligible uninsured children.

Publications

Lessons from the Implementation of the Maryland Kids First Act
(October 2012, Issue Brief)

Maryland’s Kids First Act: The Use of Tax Forms to Identify Medicaid/CHIP-Eligible Children
(June 2011, Presentation)

Overcoming Interagency Data-Sharing Barriers: Lessons from the Maryland Kids First Act

(January 2011, Issue Brief)

Using Income Tax Information to Target Medicaid and CHIP Outreach
(February 2010, Webinar)

Using Information from Income Tax Forms to Target Medicaid and CHIP Outreach: Preliminary Results of the Maryland Kids First Act
(September 2009, Issue Brief)

Maryland's Kids First Act: Using Tax Forms to Identify Medicaid/SCHIP-Eligible Children
(July 2009, Presentation)