2008

Reforming New York's Medicaid Eligibility Process      

Published: 2008

This Medicaid Institute™ report draws from the experience of selected states that have undertaken improvements in their Medicaid eligibility systems and processes, and identifies lessons that New York might consider as it seeks to improve its own Medicaid eligibility process.

Presentation of "Medicaid Managed Care for Persons with Severe Mental Illness in New York : Challenges and Implications"      

Published: 2008

Delivered at the Third National Medicaid Congress in Washington, DC, this presentation reviews the findings and policy implications from the Medicaid Institute™ report Medicaid Managed Care for Persons with Severe Mental Illness: Challenges and Implications.

Health Insurance Coverage in New York, 2005-2006      

Published: 2008

Newly updated and expanded with 2005-2006 data, the Fund's annual chartbook provides an invaluable snapshot of the uninsured in New York—detailing income, employment status, age, and other demographic information, tracking the coverage distribution among workers and low-income New Yorkers, and estimating the number of uninsured New Yorkers who are eligible for public health insurance.

Streamlining Renewal in Medicaid and SCHIP      

Published: 2008

This report examines lessons from eight other states regarding options to streamline the annual renewal process for beneficiaries of public health insurance.

Presentation of “Electronic Medicaid Enrollment in New York: Vision, Opportunities, and Challenges”      

Published: 2008

Based on a United Hospital Fund initiative and its report from 2004 Bringing Information Technology Innovation to New York's Public Health Insurance Programs, this presentation explores the potential benefits of electronic applications for New York’s Medicaid program.  

Presentation of “Health Care Financing Challenges for 2009 and Beyond”      

Published: 2008

This presentation examines the major challenges related to financing health care in the United States and considers implications for New York’s Medicaid program.

New York's Eligible but Uninsured      

Published: 2008

This report focuses on the 40 percent of uninsured New Yorkers under age 65 who are already eligible for an existing public health insurance program.

Medicaid in New York: A Primer:
Revised and Updated 2008      

Published: 2008

This expanded version of the first publication created through the Fund's Medicaid Institute™ offers the latest information on eligibility rules, beneficiaries, covered benefits, spending patterns, and major challenges, as well as new analysis to provide greater context.

Medicaid Managed Care Reexamined      

Published: 2008

This publication is the most comprehensive independent report produced in recent years examining the status of managed care for Medicaid beneficiaries in New York.

Changes in Nursing Home Care, 1996-2005      

Published: 2008

This report documents a ten-year trend among New York's nursing homes, marking their growing role as providers of short-term care for people continuing recuperation after a hospital stay.

2007

Health Insurance Coverage in New York, 2004-2005      

Published: 2007

Newly updated with 2004-05 data, the Fund's annual chartbook provides an invaluable snapshot of the uninsured in New York, detailing demographics, coverage distribution, and the number of uninsured who are eligible for public health insurance.

Medicaid Managed Care for Persons with Severe Mental Illness: Challenges and Implications      

Published: 2007

Focusing on the latest group of disabled Medicaid beneficiaries required to join a managed care plan, this issue brief from the Fund's Medicaid Institute™ illustrates the demands of care management for Medicaid's most complex and costly cases.

Gaps in Coverage Among the Elderly in New York      

Published: 2007

While nearly all the elderly have at least one source of health insurance coverage, primarily Medicare, many are underinsured—a situation with implications for them and for the state's Medicaid program.

2006

Presentation of “Medicaid Spending in New York: Trends and Patterns, 2000-2005”      

Published: 2006

Delivered at the Fund’s December 2006 "Dollars and Sense" conference, this presentation analyzes growth in enrollment and spending in New York’s Medicaid program from 2000 to 2005.  As explained in the Medicaid Institute™’s subsequently published Medicaid in New York: A Primer, the unprecedented increase in enrollment among children and adults was not the primary driver of Medicaid cost growth over this period.

Filling the Gaps      

Published: 2006

Prepared for the United Hospital Fund by Manatt Health Solutions, this paper examines the ways in which three New York State-based programs—Medicaid, Elderly Pharmaceutical Insurance Coverage (EPIC), and the AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP)—are interacting with the Medicare Part D prescription drug benefit, and it provides a number of recommendations.