State Reforum
 
Issue #32
     
May 4, 2012
   
                   
 

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National: Creating Seamless Coverage Transitions Between Medicaid and the Exchange

Uploaded by user Shannon McMahon 4/24/2012

This brief from the Center for Health Care Strategies (CHCS) anticipates many Medicaid beneficiaries' eligibility for various subsidy programs shifting over time under health care reform, and identifies policy approaches that may help smooth such transitions among programs. The authors draw from existing exchange programs in Massachusetts; transition coverage policies within Tennessee's proposed exchange model; and current transition practices between Medicaid managed care organizations (MCOs) and other programs. The document was prepared for the State Health Reform Assistance Network.

Utah: House Bill 46 - Electronic Personal Medical Records

Uploaded by the State Refor(u)m team 5/2/2012

This recently enacted legislation calls for state employees' clinical health information, as well as the information of the state's Medicaid and CHIP enrollees, to be shared electronically across providers and care settings. Employees or enrollees may choose to opt out of having their health information shared (also called a "health information exchange" or HIE), but under the legislation the default is that they will participate in the HIE.

Idea Swap: Ask and Answer Online

Read about the ideas that you and your peers are exchanging on State Refor(u)m:

>>Recently a user in New Jersey wanted to know where insurers were introducing tiered payments to providers. User Mitchell Stein responded that a Maine coalition is working to tier payments on the basis of cost and quality.

>>Community member Jennifer Needle had questions about short-term health insurance plans, exchanges, subsidies, and the coverage mandate. Sonya Schwartz weighed in with details from the law and the regs.

 

 
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On the Blog: Highlights from Medicaid/CHIP Regs

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The final Medicaid/CHIP eligibility rule is full of critical information, but it's a lot to dive into. Where should a state start?

In a new analysis, the Maximizing Enrollment staff at NASHP explain the top ten things states need to know about the rule. 

Read about five of them on the blog, and then jump to the full list.

>>Read more


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Exclusive Content from State Refor(u)m

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Have you listened to State Refor(u)m webinars, and wanted an easy way to retrieve them online? Or downloaded a State Refor(u)m chart full of exchange-legislation summaries, and wanted to bookmark its location?

Now all State Refor(u)m-produced content--including a just-upated version of that exchange-legislation chart--is collected in our State Refor(u)m Exclusives hub.

>> See what else is there, and bookmark the spot


   
     
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