Improving Medicaid Systems

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These fact sheets, originally produced by the Health Assistance Partnership project of Families USA, address some of the problems that Medicaid beneficiaries commonly encounter. They discuss ways that states, consumer health assistance programs, and advocates can help Medicaid consumers with their individual problems as well as by improving state Medicaid systems.

Medicaid and Portability: Rights to Purchase Other Insurance When Medicaid Ends (May 2005)

Good Ideas: How Medicaid Agencies Can Help People Enroll in Medicare Part D Low-Income Subsidies explains how state Medicaid agencies can raise income guidelines for the QMB program. (April 2005)

Medicaid Managed Care for People with Disabilities: Problems and Solutions (March 2005)

Improving Medicaid and SCHIP Enrollment and Retention: What States, Advocates, and Consumer Assistance Programs Can Do (October 2004)

Medicaid Coverage for Weight Loss Drugs and Gastric Bypass Surgery (June 2004)

Mental Health Services for Medicaid Beneficiaries: Getting Appropriate Care in Medicaid or SCHIP Managed Care Plans (May 2004)

Mental Health Services for Medicaid Beneficiaries: Getting Appropriate Long-Term Care (May 2004)

Covering Services for Children with Special Needs Under Medicaid, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), and Private Insurance (November 2003)

Presumptive Disability in Medicaid and SSI (February 2003)

Interstate Medicaid Billing Problems: Helping Medicaid Beneficiaries Who Get Care Out of State (June 2003)

Billing Disputes in Medicaid (May 2002)