Medicaid & CHIP - Kaiser State Health Facts

Medicaid & CHIP

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Summary: This category provides information about the states health coverage programs for the low-income, including Medicaid and the State Children''s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). Includes topics such as enrollment, eligibility requirements, managed care participation, spending and federal matching amounts, and enrollment practices.

For customized fact sheets comparing states on a selection of key Medicaid indicators, please visit the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured''s State Medicaid Fact Sheets.

For detailed information about the Medicaid benefit packages in each state, please visit the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured''s Medicaid Benefits Database.

New or Updated Topics in this Category

Revision Type	Topic/Comments	Date

Updated	Total Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Beneficiaries, 2008 Distribution by age and SSI beneficiaries as a percent of the population are also available.	11/18/09
New	State Health Care Fraud Laws, 2009 Data on States with a False Claims Act also available.	11/9/09
Updated	Medicaid Cost Containment, 2010	9/30/09
Updated	Monthly Medicaid Enrollment, June 2008 Data on monthly adult and child Medicaid enrollment and percent change in monthly Medicaid enrollment also available.	9/14/09
Updated	Monthly CHIP Enrollment, June 2008 Data on percent change in montly CHIP enrollment also available.	9/14/09
Updated	Medicaid Managed Care Enrollment, 2008 Data on managed care enrollment by plan type also available.	9/1/09
New	Medicaid Waiver and State-Funded Coverage Income Eligibility Limits for Childless Adults, 2009	5/28/09
Updated	Total CHIP Expenditures, FY2008	5/8/09
Updated	Federal Matching Rate (FMAP) for Medicaid with American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Adjustments, FY2009	4/28/09
Updated	Medicaid Physician Fee Index, 2008 Data on Medicaid-to-Medicare fee index and change in Medicaid fees are also available.	4/28/09
Updated	Number of Births Financed by Medicaid, 2003 Data on births financed by Medicaid as a percent of total births also available.	4/14/09
Updated	Total Medicaid Spending, FY2007	4/2/09
Updated	Total Medicaid Enrollment, FY2006	4/2/09
Updated	Distribution of Medicaid Payments by Enrollment Group (in millions), FY2006	4/2/09
New	Disproportionate Share Hospitals (DSH) Allotments under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), FY2009	3/20/09
Updated	State Medicaid Expenditures (in millions), SFY2007	3/20/09
Updated	Federal Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) Allotments	3/20/09
New	Estimated Temporary Additional Federal Allocations to States for Medicaid Costs under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009 (October 1, 2008 through March 31, 2009)	2/23/09
Updated	Estimated Number of Children Enrolled in CHIP with Family Income at or Below 200% Federal Poverty Level (FPL) and Above 200% FPL , FY2008	2/6/09
Updated	Projected Federal CHIP Allotments, Under Current Law and Under the Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 (CHIPRA 2009) (dollars in millions), FY2009	2/6/09
Updated	Income Thresholds for Jobless and Working Parents Applying for Medicaid by Annual Income as a Percent of Federal Poverty Level (FPL), 2009	1/23/09
Updated	Has Presumptive Eligibility for Medicaid and SCHIP, 2009 Data on joint applications and asset tests also available.	1/23/09
Updated	Income Eligibility Levels for Children's Regular Medicaid and Children's SCHIP-funded Medicaid Expansions by Annual Incomes and as a Percent of Federal Poverty Level (FPL), 2009 Data also available for separate SCHIP programs.	1/23/09
Updated	Total Number of Medicaid 1915(c) Home and Community-Based Service Waivers, 2005 Data on participants and expenditures by HCBS waiver type also available.	1/9/09