As of July 1, 2019, the Medicaid evaluation and research team and work is moving to UW’s Institute for Research on Poverty. To learn more about this ongoing work, please visit our team’s web page.
Cost, Coverage, and Access
New! ACA and Medicaid Reform Enrollment and Coverage Trends, 2018
The UW Population Health Institute is evaluating Wisconsin’s BadgerCare Plus health insurance program and reforms, in partnership with the Wisconsin Department of Health Services. BadgerCare Plus is Wisconsin’s Medicaid and SCHIP programs, providing health insurance for most Wisconsin children and many low and middle income families. The waiver currently in effect and undergoing evaluation is Wisconsin’s 2014 federal waiver pertaining to parents, caretaker adults, and childless adults.
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation previously awarded the UW Population Health Institute grants under two rounds of its State Health Access Reform Evaluation (SHARE) initiative. This funding has supported study of BadgerCare Plus enrollment, efficiency, and churning of covered members, and currently supports assessment of Core Plan utilization by childless adults and the predictive value of the health needs assessment.
The Institute previously conducted evaluation under Wisconsin’s State Health Access Program (SHAP) award from HRSA. DHS in 2013 procured from the Institute an evaluation of the changes that took effect under DHS Medicaid Efficiencies initiative. The UW Population Health Institute previously evaluated changes to Badgercare under Wisconsin’s federal waivers adopted in 2008 and in 2012.
In addition, the Institute is currently working with DHS to conduct an evaluation of the SeniorCare prescription program for low-income elderly.
Medicaid & BadgerCare Project: Recent Documents
Medicaid/BadgerCare Archived Reports
- BadgerCare Evaluations – 2012 Waiver Provisions
- Badgercare RWJF Report Full 2012
- BadgerCare Plus Core Plan Report 1: How Does Coverage of Childless Adults Affect Their Utilization?
- Evaluation of BadgerCare Plus Core Plan for Adults without Dependent Children Report #2: The Utility of the Health Needs Assessment
- BadgerCare Plus Core Plan for Adults without Dependent Children Report #3 Is Early Utilization Distorted by Pent-Up Demand?
- BadgerCare Evaluation Reports
- BadgerCare Evaluation Report #2
- BadgerCare Evaluation Report #3
- BadgerCare Evaluation Report #4
- BadgerCare Evaluation Report #5
- Coverage, Access, Cost Overview
Health System Performance and Transformation
The Health Policy Unit conducts consultancies and research projects in collaboration with partners in the public and private sector, focusing on quality, cost, and value in health care.
Recent projects include evaluations of public and private health insurance performance at the community level and a pilot program to provide Medicaid medical homes for high-risk pregnant women in southeastern Wisconsin.
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Reports on Medicaid Medical Homes for High Risk Pregnant Women in Wisconsin
- Medicaid Medical Homes for High Risk Pregnant Women in SE Wisconsin Evaluation Report, 2016
- Medicaid Medical Homes for High Risk Pregnant Women in SE Wisconsin PowerPoint, 2016
- APPAM Conference Panel Paper: Evaluating a Novel Medicaid Medical Home Intervention for High-Risk Pregnant Women, 2014
- BadgerCare Plus: Healthy Births Outcomes Initiative PowerPoint, 2010
- Joint Committee on Finance Report on Medicaid Medical Homes for High Risk Pregnant Women Pilot, 2010
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