Author Archives: Holly Stockdale and Susan Haber

About Holly Stockdale and Susan Haber

Susan Haber, ScD, is a senior economist at RTI International, where she leads RTI's program on Health Coverage for Low-Income and Uninsured Populations. Dr. Haber has more than 25 years of experience studying Medicaid programs in many states, including evaluations of waiver programs and the impact of Medicaid policies on access to care. She has conducted extensive research on the population dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid and is an expert in the analysis of merged Medicare and Medicaid data. She directed the study conducted for the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission on the effect of the gap between Medicare cost sharing amounts and Medicaid payments on use of primary care services among Medicare-Medicaid dually eligible beneficiaries. Her current research includes evaluations of the implementation of the Medicaid eligibility expansion under the Affordable Care Act in five states; Maryland's all-payer hospital payment system in which hospitals operate under fixed global budgets; and a multi-state patient-centered medical home initiative, the Multi-Payer Advanced Primary Care Practice (MAPCP) Demonstration.

Despite ACA mandates for states to streamline renewal, many beneficiaries still need assistance to retain Medicaid coverage

By | August 10, 2017
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Enrollment in Medicaid has been shown to enhance access to health care for our nation’s most vulnerable citizens. Yet despite these benefits, a substantial number of beneficiaries lose coverage at the time of renewal. An article by Xu Ji and colleagues, published in this month’s issue of Medical Care, demonstrates how critical maintaining continuous Medicaid coverage… Read More »

Gap in Payment for Medicare Cost Sharing Limits Access to Care for the Poor

By | December 28, 2016
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Dual eligibility for Medicare and Medicaid is expected to improve access to care for low-income individuals who qualify for both programs, relative to eligibility for either program alone. Medicaid coverage of Medicare deductibles and co-payments can reduce the financial burdens that these cost sharing requirements may pose for low-income Medicare beneficiaries. These dual eligible beneficiaries… Read More »