This report, prepared for CMS, is the last in a series of annual reports on participation in the Medicaid Buy-In program. It provides updates on both national- and state-level trends in enrollment, employment, and earnings among the 35 reporting Medicaid Infrastructure Grant (MIG) states with a...

Examines efforts of 19 tribes in a four-state area to develop a community-based approach, emphasizing Indian culture for addressing infant mortality, and leading to reductions in the adolescent birth rate and improvements in prenatal care.

The patient-centered medical home (PCMH) and the accountable care organization (ACO) are models of delivery system reform. Although there is theoretical alignment between PCMHs and ACOs, the discussion of physician payment within each model has remained distinct. This article compares payment...

This report provides state-level data on annual and quarterly enrollment in SCHIP and Medicaid, from fiscal years 1998 through 2001. It augments the 39;47 annual reports on SCHIP enrollment trends by (1) using information on program characteristics to analyze differences in state enrollment...

Analysis of the first year of implementation found that Enroll America successfully met its stated goals.

This report estimates the effects of reimbursement strategies and provider-level interventions to reduce hospital readmissions. Several quality-improvement interventions have proved effective in reducing readmission rates, but relatively few hospitals have adopted these programs, in large part...