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LOUISIANA MEDICAID PROGRAM DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HOSPITALS Presentation to the Children’s Cabinet Advisory Board. By Ben Bearden Director, Medicaid Program January 11, 2005. LOUISIANA MEDICAID PROGRAM Enrollees and Payments - SFY 2003/04. Medicaid Enrollees SFY 2003/04.
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LOUISIANA MEDICAID PROGRAMDEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HOSPITALSPresentation to the Children’s CabinetAdvisory Board By Ben Bearden Director, Medicaid Program January 11, 2005
LOUISIANA MEDICAID PROGRAMEnrollees and Payments - SFY 2003/04
Medicaid Enrollees SFY 2003/04 Based on MDW as of August 2004
Medicaid Payments - SFY 2003/04 Based on MDW as of August 2004
Medicaid Payment per Enrollee SFY 2003/04 Based on MDW as of August 2004
New and Expansions requested for Children Targeted Case Management 433,269 Chidrens Choice Waiver 349,323 EPSDT Dental 876,838 Psych. Residential Treatment 9,207,000 Total New/Expansions requested 10,866,430
Children Enrolled in LaCHIP and Louisiana Medicaid 652,759 315,271
Uninsured Children in Louisiana and Other Southern States* • South Carolina 9% • Alabama 10% • Arkansas 11% • Mississippi 12% • Georgia 13% • Louisiana 14% • Texas 22% * Based on 2003 CPS data (most current information available) and taken from Kaiser State Health Facts
Counting Louisiana’s Uninsured Children • 2003 LSU Louisiana Household Insurance Survey (LHIS) results-- • 60,000 uninsured children > 200% of poverty (some are SCHIP eligible) • 77,000 uninsured children < 200 % of poverty (all are SCHIP or Medicaid eligible) • Enrollment has increased by 50,000 children since 2003 survey ended • Follow-up survey beginning February 2005 to measure changes
Medicaid/SCHIP Eligibility of Children > 200% FPL • Census Bureau definition of “household” differs from federal Medicaid definition • Medicaid “household” • Child • Child’s legal and/or natural parent(s) living in home • May include minor siblings • Medicaid income deductions result in eligibility for some children < 200% FPL • $90 for each employed person • Child care and child support paid • Educational income • Income of anyone other than legal/natural parent