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The Medicaid Buy-In program, a state Medicaid option since the late 1990s, is designed to encourage adults with disabilities to work by allowing them to buy into Medicaid when their earnings exceed standard Medicaid eligibility limits. This article describes enrollment, expenditures, and...
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When workers with disabilities “buy into†Medicaid by paying monthly premiums, states can offer them Medicaid coverage when their income and assets would otherwise make them ineligible. Using MAX data and Medicare claims files, this report provides the most comprehensive information to...
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Congress established the Medicaid Buy-In program when it passed the Balanced Budget Act (BBA) of 1997 and the Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act (Ticket Act) of 1999. Under the program, so named because participants “buy into†Medicaid by paying monthly premiums or...
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The new Medicare Part D benefit, which began on January 1, 2006, expanded Medicare to include prescription drugs, and it required beneficiaries to change how they interact with the program. Past experience with low enrollment in a variety of programs designed to aid low-income Medicare...
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The Medicare Contractor Provider Satisfaction Survey elicits information from a sample of hospitals, physicians, skilled nursing facilities, home health agencies, clinical laboratories, and other providers and suppliers. Medicare contractors perform a variety of services for providers including...
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