AHCCCS News & Updates
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State Legislative Budget Activities pages or
the Federal Activities page.
Note: Information provided in PDF files, unless otherwise noted.
Tue Aug 17, 2010
On August 10, 2010, President Obama signed HR 1586, which includes an extension of $16 billion in increased Medicaid funding to states. More information about the impact to AHCCCS can be found on the
Federal Activities page.
AHCCCS will be hosting two public input meetings to provide the public with the opportunity to review and comment on major updates from Arizona's Medicaid program. The link below has more information:
Public Input Meetings
More information from the Department of Health and Human Services is available at:
www.healthreform.gov
Pre-existing Condition Insurance Plan Begins On July 1, 2010
Fri Jul 2, 2010
The Pre-existing Condition Insurance Plan (PCIP) was established by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The PCIP offers health coverage through 2014 to qualified individuals who can not get health coverage because of a pre-existing health condition. After 2014, insurers will be required to provide access to more affordable private insurance via the new Exchanges as described in the Affordable Care Act. Applicants in Arizona will be linked directly to the federal application page since the HHS is running the PCIP for Arizona. More information about the PCIP and how to apply is available at:
www.HealthCare.gov.
PCIP Pamphlet [354KB]
- Medicaid Provisions
Mon Apr 19, 2010
AHCCCS has summarized the various Medicaid provisions of health care reform from the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA - PL 111-148) and accompanying Reconciliation bill (PL 111-152). Please note, other sections not included
in the matrix may be added at a later date. Information will be updated as it is available.
Health Care Reform Matrix
[99KB]
August 9, 2010
There were 61,310 applicants on the KidsCare waiting list as of August 2, 2010. Please note, this number does not mean all individuals on the waiting list are actually eligible for KidsCare. It is important to recognize this number may include duplicate applications and or applicants who may have been determined to qualify for Medicaid since they were added to the list. In the next few months, we expect to produce a new waiting list that excludes duplicate names and names of individuals currently receiving Medicaid. Typically, 30% of all applicants are denied for the KidsCare program. However, this percentage will become less precise as more time goes by, since the applications on the waiting list will be older and circumstances for those applicants change. Thus, there is no good way to predict how many of the applicants on the waiting list might be eligible for KidsCare. Regardless, AHCCCS will continue to update the waiting list number at the end of each month.
Mon June 21, 2010
AHCCCS has posted renewal activity for the KidsCare program for the period of January
- March 2010. All KidsCare applications are now being processed for Medicaid at the Department of Economic Security before being placed on the KidsCare wait list. AHCCCS will continue to update this information
quarterly.
KidsCare Renewal Activity Summary [18KB]
AHCCCS has posted information about opportunities to fund Graduate Medical Education (GME) and Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) payments.
For more information visit the GME page.
