The Community First Choice Program (CFC) is a §1915(k) state plan program that provides home and community‐based services (HCBS) to older adults and individuals with disabilities who meet an institutional level of care. This infographic presents information for fiscal year (FY) 2019 to FY 2022.
The Brain Injury (BI) Waiver provides services to individuals aged 22 or older with a brain injury diagnosis who require specialty hospital or nursing facility level of care to be supported in their own homes or community‐based settings. This infographic presents information for fiscal year (FY) 2019 to FY 2022.
Autism Waiver services enable individuals who have Autism Spectrum Disorder and who meet an institutional level of care to be supported in their own homes or community‐based settings. This infographic presents information for fiscal year (FY) 2019 through FY 2022.
This is the second annual review of the integration requirements for Medicare Advantage dual eligible special needs plans (D-SNPs) completed for the Maryland Department of Health. The goal of D-SNP integration, which became effective in calendar year (CY) 2021, is to help improve coordination of care transitions for individuals who are dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid. This review covers key findings from the second year of implementation.
On April 10, 2024, Hilltop Deputy Director Alice Middleton was one of three speakers at a session of the University of Baltimore-sponsored Rosenberg Dialogue Series, titled Fixing Unintended Pandemic Medicaid Policy Consequences: Lessons Learned and Insurance Coverage Implications for Recipients. In the session, speakers discussed the national context and state variations in qualifying disenrolled persons for coverage, Maryland Medicaid experiences with this policy complication for continuous enrollment, and generating data and information for evidence-based decisions.
As Mississippi is actively considering expanding its Medicaid program, Hilltop created this informational brief to capture key facts regarding Medicaid policy options as they apply to a potential Medicaid expansion in Mississippi.
As Mississippi is actively considering expanding its Medicaid program, Hilltop created this informational brief to capture key facts regarding Medicaid work requirements as they apply to a potential Medicaid expansion in Mississippi.
Medicaid enrollments typically reflect programmatic factors (such as eligibility thresholds or outreach efforts) and underlying economic factors (such as recessions). As Mississippi is actively considering expanding its Medicaid program, The Hilltop Institute assembled publicly available Medicaid enrollment trend data from another state (Louisiana) to show its expansion enrollment over time.
These findings were presented at the Gerontological Society of America’s (GSA) 2023 meeting in Tampa, Florida. Part of a Center and Institute Departmentally-Engaged Research (CIDER) award, this is part of several studies focused on examining quality of care in Maryland nursing facilities.
Hilltop Principal Data Scientist Morgan Henderson, PhD, and Executive Director Cynthia Woodcock, MBA, presented Hilltop research to the Mississippi House Medicaid Committee. The research – a 2021 economic analysis of Medicaid expansion in Mississippi – was commissioned by the Center for Mississippi Health Policy, a nonprofit, non-partisan organization.