Forum Session
| Date: | NOVEMBER 19, 2002 |
| Title: | Pharmacy Plus Waivers: Incrementalism at Work |
| Manager: | Jennifer Ryan |
| Summary: | This meeting provided a description of the federal and state initiative to provide Medicaid matching funds for prescription drug coverage for low-income senior citizens. The meeting explored the policy and budgetary implications of using Medicaid funds to provide prescription drug coverage to Medicare beneficiaries in the absence of a Medicare drug benefit. Speakers and participants also considered the implications of the budget neutrality arrangements in the waivers and the potential effect a “global cap” on Medicaid spending for the elderly could have on the program as a whole. |
| Speakers: | Dennis Smith, Director, Center for Medicaid and State Operations, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; Debbie Chang, Deputy Secretary for Health Financing, Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; Peggy Bartels Handrich, Administrator, Division of Health Care Financing, Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services; George Kitchens, Bureau Chief, Pharmacy Services, Florida Agency for Health Care Administration Slides from the presentations by Ms. Chang, Ms. Handrich, and Mr. Kitchens are available for download. |
| Related Materials: |
See also Table: State Pharmacy Plus Demonstrations and Kaiser Family Foundation, "The Financing of Illinois' Prescription Drug Demonstration Project" (April 2002) |
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