Few laws have a profound and lasting impact on an entire political system. The Affordable Care Act (ACA), despite its incremental nature and bipartisan heritage, has been one of …
SF Haeder, SW Yackee - … of Health Politics, Policy and Law, 2020 - read.dukeupress.edu
Abstract The Affordable Care Act (ACA) was signed into law a decade ago. Partisanship has limited the number of statutory changes, leaving the law mostly unchanged across the past …
NM Askelson, B Wright, S Bentler, ET Momany… - Health …, 2017 - healthaffairs.org
As part of Iowa's Medicaid expansion, the Healthy Behaviors Program was designed to provide members with incentives to complete specified healthy activities in return for waiving …
Abstract Background Recent Medicaid expansions have rekindled the debate around private insurance “crowd‐out.” Prior research is limited by short‐time horizons and state …
B Wright, NM Askelson, M Ahrens… - … journal of public …, 2018 - ajph.aphapublications.org
Objectives. To evaluate rates of member compliance with Iowa's Medicaid expansion premium disincentive program. Methods. We used 2014 to 2015 Iowa Medicaid data to …
B Wright, YS Jung, NM Askelson, ET Momany… - Health …, 2020 - healthaffairs.org
Health behavior incentive programs are increasingly common in Medicaid programs nationwide. Iowa's Healthy Behaviors Program (HBP) requires Medicaid expansion …
Executive Summary On April 1, 2016, the state of Iowa transitioned eighty percent of its Medicaid population from traditional fee-for-service to comprehensive Medicaid managed …
Iowa expanded Medicaid eligibility with a waiver including a personal responsibility component. Early program evaluation revealed low compliance and awareness among …
Iowa's Medicaid expansion includes the Healthy Behaviors Program (HBP), which incentivizes enrollees to receive a wellness exam and complete a health risk assessment …