SHADAC Medicaid Undercount Experiment in Florida
Contractor: University of Florida, Department
of Health Services Administration, and the Florida Center for Medicaid and the
Uninsured
Source of Funds: The Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation's Changes in Health Care Financing and Organization (HCFO) initiative
(RWJ#50187), UF project #00005938.
Agency Contract Number: M0521
Contract Period: 12/08/04 - 12/15/05
The goals of the MUE are to gain
a better understanding of the nuances of administrative data such as how it
is collected, verified, maintained, updated and used to inform policy, focusing
specifically on how counts of Medicaid enrollment are derived and factors that
may impact the accuracy of these counts. In addition, the focus will be on state
administrative data systems and the process of Medicaid and SCHIP enrollment
and data management as well as comparisons to survey data. This MUE research
project will also assess the extent to which the results can be generalized
to other states, and the feasibility of developing a method for adjusting survey
estimates to account for the Medicaid undercount.
The overall purpose of this
MUE study is to provide a better methodology for adjusting counts of Medicaid
recipients and the uninsured in national surveys. Since survey estimates of
the uninsured play a central role in setting policy and allocating resources,
and the results of this study would improve the confidence with which these
survey results are used.
Brief Description of Goals of Contract:
- Identify consultants and contractors and execute subcontracts as appropriate.
- Develop a comprehensive work plan, including detailed project timelines.
- Collect Medicaid and SCHIP administrative data, and compile all data necessary
for analysis.
- Design interview questionnaire and implement interviews with administrative
personnel.
- Analyze statewide Medicaid and SCHIP data.
- Conduct data comparison analysis.
- Compile a report on interviews with administrative personnel.
- Prepare the Final Report, including a review of current situation, a list
of recommendations and an implementation plan.
- Produce printed materials for dissemination of findings and recommendations
selected for implementation planning, for use in briefings of key policy and
decision makers
- Assist the Agency with preparation of briefs of the final report for the
Medicaid Research website.
Deliverables: Forthcoming
Agency Contact: Cliff Schmidt
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