Report for Phase II of the Medicaid Undercount Project (SNACC). In this phase data were merged from the Medicaid Analytic Extract (MAX), MSIS, the Current Population Survey (CPS), the Person Characteristic File (PCF), and the Master Address File Auxiliary Reference File (MAFARF). Once matches/non-matches between the MSIS and CPS were determined, the matched records were supplemented with information from the MAX and examine why there were discrepancies between MSIS records of enrollment and CPS reports of Medicaid coverage. The MAFARF and PCF are used to augment the analysis. March 2008.
Report for Phase I of the Medicaid Undercount Project (SNACC). This phase involved creating a national database of health-insurance enrollment and evaluate the quality of the information it contains. This was done by merging the CMS Medicaid Statistical Information System (MSIS) files with the CMS Medicare (EDB) files. The quality of the database of health-insurance enrollment was evaluated by assessing the ability to accurately merge the input files and by comparing the characteristics of the individuals in the database to expectations based on Medicaid eligibility rules and characteristics of the U.S. population. February 2007.
Disparities and Barriers to Utilization among Minnesota Health Care Program Enrollees
This report presents findings from a statewide survey of 4,626 Minnesota Health Care Program (MHCP) enrollees conducted either by mail or by telephone between July and December 2008. This survey was funded by the Minnesota Department of Human Services and had four major goals. The first was to identify and describe barriers to, and experiences with, health care among adults and children who receive health insurance through Minnesota Health Care Programs (MHCP). A second goal was to identify and describe similarities and differences in the use of health services, as well as factors that discourage the use of services among specific race/ethnic groups including African Americans (US born), Native American, Hispanic/Latino, Somali, Hmong, and European Americans. A third goal was to identify changes in utilization of care and the types of barriers people experienced between 2003 and 2008. (A similar study was undertaken in 2003.) The final goal was to develop recommendations based on the results of the survey with community input for improving the delivery of health care services to MHCP enrollees and reducing disparities in access and quality. June 2009.
Publication
Update on National Health Reform: A Moving Target
Presentation by Lynn A. Blewett to the Minnesota Health Care Reform Review Council at the Minnesota Department of Revenue, St. Paul, MN, June 18 2009.