Disaster Relief Medicaid Evaluation Project

Abstract

[Excerpt] This study is a retrospective evaluation of the enrollment processes and service delivery associated with DRM. It examines this unexpected experiment and assesses the outcomes. This report begins with an overview of the Medicaid/Family Health Plus program in September 2001, and is followed by a description of the challenges of, and responses to, the World Trade Center disaster. It then looks at how well the DRM process worked, how accessible needed services were for recipients, how costs compared to costs associated with those previously enrolled in the traditional Medicaid program, and how the different eligibility/verification procedures affected program integrity. Finally, in the section "Background Information: Detailed History of Disaster Relief Medicaid," it presents a narrative timeline, detailing the decision steps by which DRM was implemented.DRM.pdf: 1051 downloads, before Oct. 1, 2020