Behavioral health (mental health and substance use) needs overlap with all aspects of health and human services. Ideal community behavioral health systems require collaboration at the local level to bring together multiple funders, service providers, and subsystems (criminal justice, housing, child protection, health) to work together to meet community needs. The systems of prevention, intervention,…
In early 2020, the COVID-19 crisis disrupted the health care system, with federal and state governments quickly altering health care delivery and payment to adapt to patient and provider needs. Telehealth has been a prevalent alternative to in-person care during the pandemic. To support the growing use of telehealth, the federal government and the state…
This is the third and final evaluation report for Missouri Foundation for Healthβs Show Me Healthy Housing pilot program. Through Show Me Healthy Housing, the foundation provided grants to four supportive housing programs: two that served veterans experiencing homelessness, one that served homeless families, and one that served individuals with a serious mental illness or…
This brief reviews and examines research and data from expansion and non-expansion states. This report first looks at the opportunities for Missouri concerning Medicaid expansion, including the impact on health insurance coverage, health outcomes, the state budget, and economic activity. The brief then reviews the challenges of Medicaid expansion, including enrollment, gaps in coverage, and…
Missouri Foundation for Health retained Regional Economic Models, Inc. to evaluate the economic impacts of expanding Missouriβs Medicaid program, MO HealthNet (MOHN). Missouri is one of only 14 states that has not expanded Medicaid as intended under the Patient Protection and AffΒordable Care Act.
On August 1, 2018, under the direction of President Donald Trump, the United States Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, and Treasury issued a final rule expanding access to short-term health insurance plans. Short-term health plans are limited-duration, non-renewable insurance intended to provide health insurance for individuals experiencing a temporary gap in coverage, such…
On June 19,2018, the United States Department of Labor (DOL) issued a final rule widening access to association health insurance plans (AHP). AHPs are health plans offered by small businesses and sole proprietors that allow groups to act as one large employer when offeringhealth insurance to their employees. These arrangements are viewed as a way…
Although the Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010 directed the expansion of Medicaid to cover all adults with incomes up to 138% of the Federal Poverty Level (FPL), a subsequent Supreme Court ruling in 2012 made this expansion optional. Thus far, 37 states have expanded their programs. This analysis estimates the impact of an expansion…