This report describes the services The Hilltop Institute (as the Center for Health Program Development and Management) provided to the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DHMH) under the Memorandum of Understanding between Hilltop and DHMH. In fiscal year 2007, Hilltop’s interdisciplinary staff provided a wide range of services, including: Medicaid program development and policy analysis; HealthChoice program support, evaluation, and monitoring; behavioral health and dental care analyses; research and analysis related to long-term supports and services; provider fee analyses; managed care payment development and financial monitoring; and data warehousing and website development.
This report, commissioned by the California HealthCare Foundation, surveyed six state/university health policy research partnerships to learn how they are organized and operate, how well they are working, what issues they have faced in developing and sustaining their collaborations, and how they have addressed those issues. One of the research partnerships studied is that which is maintained by the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene with The Hilltop Institute (as the Center for Health Program Development and Management) at UMBC, initiated in 1994.
This study, conducted for the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), examines the practical experiences of a group of six states–Arizona, Michigan, New Mexico, New York, Oklahoma, and Utah–that have implemented affordable private and public coverage insurance products for workers with low income. The analysis documents the design elements that are important for establishing a workable program.
This policy brief, based on research conducted by Dr. Todd Eberly for his dissertation, examines whether a transition from fee-for-service to a managed care Medicaid program improved access to preventive well care services, and whether there were differential effects on service use for racial and ethnic minority youth.
The Hilltop Institute (as the Center for Health Program Development and Management) provided strategic and analytical support to the Federal Medicaid Commission during its deliberations in 2005-2006 and assisted with preparation of the Commission’s final report, released on December 29, 2006.
Chuck Milligan delivered this presentation to the federal Medicaid Commission in Washington, D.C., on November 16, 2006, as part of the discussion of the Commission’s final report and recommendations.
This report, prepared for the Maryland legislature, discusses the progress of updating reimbursement rates for the Maryland Medical Assistance Program and the Maryland Children’s Health Program. Preparation of such a report is required annually by SB 481 of the 2002 legislative session.
This report describes the services The Hilltop Institute (as the Center for Health Program Development and Management) provided to the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DHMH) under the Memorandum of Understanding between Hilltop and DHMH. In fiscal year 2006, Hilltop’s interdisciplinary staff provided a wide range of services, including: Medicaid program development and policy analysis; HealthChoice program support, evaluation, and monitoring; development of CommunityChoice, Maryland’s managed long-term care program; other research and analysis related to long-term supports and services; managed care payment development and financial monitoring; and data warehousing and website development.
This issue brief is an executive summary and update to the more comprehensive issue brief with the same title dated January 2006.
In this feasibility study, conducted for the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, The Hilltop Institute (as the Center for Health Program Development and Management) examined Code of Maryland Regulations pertaining to respite services; surveyed agencies that provide respite services to families of children with disabilities as well as the families themselves; and created a demonstration model for providing respite services in Maryland.
