NEW REPORTS AVAILABLE ON STATE ENROLLMENT EXPERIENCES Note: the NDNRC Weekly Update will be taking a summer break for the month of August. You can check our website for regular news updates and we will resume the updates the first Friday in September. Enjoy the rest of your summer! The National Academy for State Health […] Read More »
Archives for July 2015
NASHP Releases Report on State Enrollment Experiences
The National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP) has published an issue brief that examines the enrollment experiences of 10 different states. “State Enrollment Experience: Implementing Health Coverage Eligibility and Enrollment Systems under the ACA” looks at how these states addressed the requirements of the Affordable Care Act as it related to eligibility determinations and enrollment. The brief examines […] Read More »
CMS Releases Medicaid Enrollment Data for May 2015
Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Eligibility Determinations and Enrollment Report from May 2015. To read the report from CMS, click here. The report can also be found on our Resources & Links page under “Enrollment Statistics.” Read More »
New Report Addresses Enrollment of Diverse Populations
The Texas Health Institute has released a report on the efforts in some states to enroll racially and ethnically diverse populations. “Evolution of Health Insurance Marketplaces: Experiences and Progress in Reaching and Enrolling Diverse Populations” looks at eleven states and what efforts were made to reach these populations in the first two years open enrollment […] Read More »
July 24, 2015
NATIONAL HEALTH COUNCIL RELEASES STATE REPORT CARDS The National Health Council (NHC) has released state report cards for all 50 states plus DC on how well the state is doing in protecting consumers purchasing insurance on the exchanges. In addition to the report cards, NHC also wrote a full report entitled “Enhancing the Patient-Centeredness of […] Read More »
National Health Council Releases State Report Cards
The National Health Council (NHC) has released state report cards for all 50 states plus DC on how well the state is doing in protecting consumers purchasing insurance on the exchanges. These report cards grade all the states on five key principles: non-discrimination, transparency, state oversight, uniformity and continuity of care. NHC also wrote a […] Read More »
More States Expand Medicaid
Last week, Governor Bill Walker announced that Alaska would be expanding Medicaid. (Click here to read more about the announcement from the Commonwealth Fund). Additionally, the Montana legislature passed legislation earlier this year to expand Medicaid and that proposal, which would require waiver approval from CMS, is currently awaiting CMS approval. This brings the total to […] Read More »
July 17, 2015
HEALTH INSURANCE JEOPARDY IS ON YOUTUBE! As we told you last week, our well received presentation “Health Insurance Jeopardy” has come to YouTube! Last week, we highlighted the three videos we had added on topics such as prescription drugs, medical devices and rehabilitation and habilitation benefits. This week, the final three videos were released and […] Read More »
Video Series Addresses Important Questions to Be Asked
Health Insurance Jeopardy Over the last two weeks, we have released a series of six videos entitled “Health Insurance Jeopardy.” The Jeopardy presentation is one we have done on several occasions and for those of you who haven’t seen it before, we say that a consumer looking at plans on the ACA marketplace is like playing […] Read More »
New Video on Mental Health is Now Available
Health Insurance Jeopardy – Part 6 Today, we are pleased to present the final video in our series entitled “Health Insurance Jeopardy.” For those of you who haven’t seen our presentation before, we like to say that a consumer looking at plans on the ACA marketplace is like playing a game of Health Insurance Jeopardy, because if you’re familiar with […] Read More »