Medicaid Awareness Month

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March 24, 2022
Medicaid Programs Need to Prepare Now for the End of the COVID Public Health Emergency
Jane Perkins Coronavirus, Medicaid Awareness Month
This article was originally published by The Network for Public Health Law.Barring a new COVID surge, all indications are that the Biden Administration will declare an end to the COVID public health emergency (PHE) sometime this year. Over the course of the pandemic, a PHE has been declared and extended at 90-day intervals.…
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February 3, 2022
Medicaid Mobile Crisis Services: A Compassionate Approach to Substance Use Disorders
Héctor Hernández-Delgado Health Equity, Medicaid Awareness Month
As the U.S. continues to grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic, it is easy to forget that we are in the midst of another epidemic that has taken the lives of over 800,000 individuals since 1999. The drug overdose epidemic was responsible for 70,630 deaths in 2019 and preliminary data…
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December 8, 2021
Medicaid Coverage for Doula Care: State Implementation Efforts
Alexis Robles-Fradet Health Equity, Medicaid Awareness Month
Doulas and other birth workers have continued to rise in popularity as a potential intervention for addressing maternal health and mortality issues in the United States. While doulas cannot solve the underlying structural inequities and systemic racism in our health care systems, their presence during pregnancy, birth, and the…
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September 10, 2021
Improving Childhood Health: The Unrealized Potential of Medicaid’s EPSDT Program
Zamir M. Brown Best of 2021 Blogs, Health Equity, Medicaid Awareness Month
In the United States, millions of children live in poverty and are at a much greater risk of experiencing adverse health outcomes compared to their contemporaries in higher income households.
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September 8, 2021
Seven Ways Proposed Improvements to Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services Can Help Older Adults & People with Disabilities
Jennifer Lav Best of 2021 Blogs, Build Back Better, Health Equity, Medicaid Awareness Month
One critically important piece of Congress’s reconciliation package is the proposed investment in chronically underfunded Medicaid home and community-based services (HCBS) for people with disabilities and older adults.
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June 30, 2021
A Promise Unfulfilled: Automated Medicaid Eligibility Decisions
Sarah Grusin Medicaid Awareness Month, Uncategorized
States have spent millions of dollars building Medicaid eligibility systems that promise automated, real-time, and accurate eligibility decisions. This is a worthy goal because unnecessary paperwork burdens cause eligible individuals to lose coverage for failure to complete forms. The promise of automated eligibility determinations, however, is often not realized…
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Medicaid Programs Need to Prepare Now for the End of the COVID Public Health Emergency

Medicaid Mobile Crisis Services: A Compassionate Approach to Substance Use Disorders

Medicaid Coverage for Doula Care: State Implementation Efforts

Improving Childhood Health: The Unrealized Potential of Medicaid’s EPSDT Program

Seven Ways Proposed Improvements to Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services Can Help Older Adults & People with Disabilities

A Promise Unfulfilled: Automated Medicaid Eligibility Decisions