Focuses on initial program design and experience under HealthChoice as of late 1998, noting that the state continues to face substantial challenges in realizing the ambitious goals set for the program. Available only from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. (800) 656-4533.

Notes that Florida's Medicaid managed care program continues to face many of the same issues as it has historically: demands of litigation diverted agency resources and slowed progress in enhancing oversight and education. The joint use of HMOs and PCCM components, combined with other issues,...

This issue brief focuses on Colorado's Medicaid reform initiative, the Accountable Care Collaborative, and one of its three core components, the Statewide Data Analytics Contractor. This component supports primary care providers networked to seven regional care collaboratives and provides data...

This issue brief for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation gives an overview of how the field of health care disparities has evolved in recent years to identify emerging perspectives, progress and current activity, and outstanding needs. The paper focuses specifically on health care disparities,...

Mathematica health experts collaborated with staff at the Kaiser Commission for Medicaid and the Uninsured to author this brief, the second of three case studies examining key operational aspects of coordinated care initiatives in Medicaid, which focuses on the Transitional Care Program...

Elders who are frail because of disability, multiple chronic conditions, and other factors account for a growing share of the population, yet they are often poorly served by a health care system that is focused on acute care episodes. This report for the 147 examines its Program for Elders in...

With federal and state governments pursuing efforts to better coordinate care and reduce costs for people dually eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid, this brief examines how insurers serving these markets view the opportunities and challenges. Based on interviews with senior executives at 13...

This issue brief examines the mission of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, as well as challenges in balancing relevance and rigor to learn how to improve payment and delivery.