2013 Actuarial Report On The Financial Outlook For Medicaid

On April 25, 2014, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Office of the Actuary published its fifth annual report describing past and projected trends in spending and enrollment in the Medicaid program. Among its findings, CMS projects that capitated payments to Medicaid managed care organizations (MCOs) and other entities taking risk will shortly pass acute fee-for-service (FFS) and long term care (LTC) as the dominant Medicaid spending outlay, and will continue to grow through FFY 2022. Topics covered include: Medicaid spending by type of payment; and Medicaid enrollment and spending by category of eligibility . . .