Assessing Florida’s Medicaid Reform

Joan Alker, M.Phil., Co-Principal Investigator
Jack Hoadley, Ph.D., Co-Principal Investigator
Laura Summer, MPH, Investigator

The Jessie Ball duPont Fund and the Winter Park Health Foundation asked researchers at the Health Policy Institute at Georgetown University to analyze the implications of the ACA's Supreme Court decision on Florida's Medicaid program.

• Brief: Florida's Medicaid Choice: Understanding Implications of Supreme Court Ruling on Affordable Health Care Act
  


• Press Release


• Presentation Slides


• Webcast

The Jessie Ball duPont Fund and the Winter Park Health Foundation asked Laura Summer, researcher at the Health Policy Institute at Georgetown University, to analyze Florida's Medicaid waiver and long-term care.

• Brief: Proposed Medicaid Long-Term Care Changes Raise Host of Questions About Impact
  


• Presentation Slides from Tallahassee, FL Forum and Webinar (PPTX)


• Webcast (.avi)


• Webcast (.wmv)

The Jessie Ball duPont Fund and the Winter Park Health Foundation asked researchers at the Health Policy Institute at Georgetown University to analyze Florida's new plans for Medicaid reform.

• Policy Brief 1: Looking Ahead to 2012, What Changes Are In Store for Florida's Medicaid Program?


• Policy Brief 2: Proposed Medicaid Premiums Challenge Coverage for Florida's Children and Parents


• Presentation (PPT)


• Recording of December Conference Call

The Jessie Ball duPont Fund asked researchers at the Health Policy Institute at Georgetown University to examine two key components of Florida's medicaid reform debate:

• Policy Brief 1: Understanding Florida Medicaid Today and the Impact of Federal Health Care Reform


• Policy Brief 2: As Legislators Wrestle to Define Next Generation of Florida Medicaid, Benefits of Reform Effort Are Far From Clear


• Overview of Findings (PDF)


• Presentation (PPT)


• Webinar Recording

Conference: Looking Back, Looking Ahead: Medicaid Reform In Florida

October 15, 2008
Tampa, Florida

• Agenda, webcast and other materials

Other Project Publications and Webcasts

Briefing 7: Florida's Experience with Medicaid Reform: What has been learned in the first two years?"
(October 15, 2008)

• Briefing (PDF)
• Press Release (PDF)

Briefing 6: The Enhanced Benefits Rewards Program: Is it changing the way Medicaid beneficiaries approach their health?
(July 24, 2008)

• Briefing (PDF)
• Press Release (PDF)

Briefing 5: Florida's Medicaid Reform Pilot Programs: Challenges with Mental Health Services
(May 22, 2008)

• Briefing (PDF)
• Supplemental Information (PDF)
• Press Release (PDF)

Briefing 4: Medicaid Pilots at One Year: How Is the New Medicaid Marketplace Faring?
(December 6, 2007)

• Briefing (PDF)
• Addendum (5/22/08)
• Presentation (PPT)
• Webcast

Briefing 3: Uncertain Access to Needed Drugs: Florida's Medicaid Reform Creates Challenges for Patients
(July 27, 2007)

• Briefing (PDF)
• Presentation (PPT)
• Press Release (PDF)

Briefing 2: Waving Cautionary Flags: Initial Reactions from Doctors and Patients to Florida's Medicaid Changes
(May 8, 2007)

• Brief (PDF)
• Presentation (PPT)
• Profile of Responding Physicians (PDF)
• Survey Instrument for Briefing Paper #2

Briefing 1: Medicaid Changes: What will they mean for Broward and Duval counties, and beyond?
(September 2006)

• Brief

Related Publications and Links

• What will Florida's "Medicaid Choice" Waiver Proposal Mean for Children? (Updated Jan 4, 2006), Center for Children and Families, Georgetown University
  
  
• Issue briefs published by the Winter Park Health Foundation
  

1. What Could a Waiver to Restructure Medicaid Mean for Florida?
   (April 2004)
   
2. Florida's Medicaid Budget: Why are Costs Going Up?
   (July 2004)
   
3. Issues to Consider in Governor Bush's "Florida Medicaid Modernization Proposal"
   (March 2005)
   
4. Understanding Florida's Medicaid Reform Legislation
   (June 2005)
   
5. Understanding Florida's Medicaid Waiver Application
   (September 2005)
   
   

• Information from Florida's Agency for Health Care Administration