SHADAC has developed a brief analysis of primary care capacity for each SHAP grantee state.

Each two page brief includes:

• A map of the distribution of the projected Medicaid eligible population ages 19 to 64 in 2014 for the state, by county.
• A table that illustrates the characteristics of the potentially newly eligible in the state.
• And a second map that illustrates current primary care physician supply relative to population in the state, by county
• Possible sources of provider capacity data.
• High level provider capacity questions that they state might want to consider addressing through additional analysis.

Select a state from the drop-down menu below to view state-specific briefs:

Joanna Turner presented "Modeling Health Insurance Coverage Estimates for Minnesota Counties," at the Joint Statistical Meetings of the American Statistical Association, August 1, 2011 in Miami Beach, FL.

In this paper SHADAC created a model to predict lack of insurance coverage for Minnesota counties using multiple data sources. While the results are exploratory in nature, the methodology allows for additional applications using the Bayesian framework developed.

This research was based on work conducted for the Minnesota Department of Health, Health Economics Program.

Download the Conference Proceedings paper.

Download a PDF version of these slides.

This ACA Note discusses the implementation of the new income definition--Modified Adjusted Gross Income or "MAGI"--that will be used to determine Medicaid income eligibility across the country in 2014 when the Affordable Care Act (ACA) takes full effect.  The implementation of MAGI is complicated by the requirement that each state distinguish between two different eligibility groups that will garner different federal medical assistance percentages (FMAPs)--the "newly-eligible" expansion population and the "previously-eligible" population that would have met the state's pre-ACA income thresholds.  This report discusses the complexities that this scenario will raise for state Medicaid eligibility systems and how these issues might be addressed.

Read the report here or download the PDF below.

SHADAC compiled this summary of state-level data and information released by MACPAC in the Medicaid and CHIP Program Statistics (MACStats) section of the March and June 2011 MACPAC reports to Congress. 

This serves as a quick reference tool for state analysts and policymakers.  The tables identified in this document provide state-level information about Medicaid/CHIP enrollment, spending, benefit levels, and managed care status.

The MACPAC reports to Congress on Medicaid and CHIP are available at this link.

SHADAC assembled a State Survey Reform Workgroup in the fall of 2010 to share information between states that are considering how state health surveys can best capture progress on national and state health reform efforts. This report provides a summary of the workgroup membership and activities, and provides results from a brief survey conducted among workgroup members.

In addition to the report you can download the health reform questions document that the Workgroup has compiled.