Medicaid is a public health insurance program for low-income people, mainly children and parents, the elderly, and people with disabilities. It is jointly financed by state and federal governments.

Since 2006 UHPP has worked with policymakers, providers, and the community to ensure that low-income Utahns have a voice as Medicaid policy changes.

Medicaid Expansion

Proposition 3 and Partial Expansion

2019

Proposed Medicaid Changes

Utah’s Medicaid “Fallback” Plan

Speak Up Now!

2016

• Medicaid Expansion: Cost Update (pdf)
• Talking Points for HB437 Waiver Comments (pdf)
• Who’s Covered Under HB437? (pdf)
• Updated Utah Medicaid Expansion Timeline (pdf)
• HB437 Waiver Implementation Timeline (pdf)
• Explaining Utah Medicaid Eligibility and Federal Poverty Level (FPL) Pre & Post HB437 (pdf)
• 2016 Medicaid Expansion Bill Tracker (pdf)
• Parents and Adults w/o Kids on PCN by Income Provided by UDOH (pdf)
• Developing Testimony for SSA (pdf)
• Talking Points for House Estimates of Federal Dollars Coming Back to Utah (pdf)

2015

• UHPP Utahns in the Gap Storybook (pdf)
• Common Objections to Utah Medicaid Expansion (pdf)
• Developing Testimony for Utah Access Plus (pdf)
• Talking Points for Strong Medicaid Enrollment in States that Closed the Gap (pdf)
• Milliman Estimates of Utahn’s Who Would Benefit Under Different Expansion Options (pdf, excel)
• Expanding Utah’s Health Insurance Options: Media Brief (July 2015) (pdf)
• Expanding Utah’s Health Insurance Options: An Economic Analysis of Benefits, Costs, and Risks (July 2015) (pdf)
• History of Medicaid expansion in Utah (pdf)
• Key Principles for the “Committee of Six” (pdf)
• 5 Reasons to Support the Healthy Utah Plan (pdf)
• Ways to Pay for Healthy Utah (pdf)
• What is Utah’s Primary Care Network (PCN)? (pdf)
• Healthy Utah: Truths and Facts (pdf)
• Businesses Support Healthy Utah (pdf)
• Criminal Justice Organizations Support Healthy Utah (pdf)
• Utah’s Ethnic Communities Would Benefit from Healthy Utah (pdf)
• Plan Comparison: Healthy Utah (SB164) vs. Utah Cares (HB446) (pdf)
• Plan Comparison: Healthy Utah (SB164) vs. Frail Utah (SB153) (pdf)
• State of Medicaid 2015 (pdf)
• Organizations that Support Healthy Utah (pdf)
• UHPP’s Analysis of Coverage Gap Plans (pdf)
• UHPP’s Letter of Support for Healthy Utah (pdf)
• Governor’s Office Explanation of Healthy Utah (pdf)
• Governor’s Office Explanation of Healthy Utah 2.0 (pdf)
• 2015 Rally for Recovery Speaker List (pdf)

2014

• Melissa’s Story: How Closing the Coverage Gap Helps Working Families (pdf)  (10/21/14)
• Utah’s Coverage Gap Numbers Explained (pdf) (9/17/14)
• Measuring the Economic Impact of Healthy Utah (pdf) (8/28/14)
• The Healthy Utah Poll: Results (pdf); Presentation (pdf); Media briefing (pdf)  (6/17/14)
• How Many Times has the Utah Legislature Discussed Medicaid Expansion? (pdf) (6/1/14)
• 66% of Utah’s Coverage Gap Are Working: Report (pdf); Audio (mp3); Press Release (pdf) (5/13/14)
• What is Utah’s Medicaid Coverage Gap? (pdf)  (5/1/14)
• State of Medicaid 2014 (pdf) (4/15/14)
• Which Utah legislative districts contain the most coverage gap residents? (2/15/14
  • Data chart: Senate (pdf)
  • Data chart: House (pdf)
  • Top Ten Districts (pdf)
• How many people are uninsured in your county? (pdf) (1/22/14)
• Governor’s Office Explanation of Healthy Utah (pdf)
• Governor’s Office Explanation of Healthy Utah 2.0 (pdf)

2013

• The Impact of Medicaid Expansion Evidence from Nine States (6/17/13)
• Summary of PCG Report on Medicaid Expansion in Utah (6/17/13)
• PCG: State of Utah Medicaid Expansion Assessment (5/23/13 – intial version)
• Flexibility on Medicaid Expansion: Balancing Independence with Cost-Effectiveness (4/2/13)
• Flexibility on the Medicaid Expansion: Pros and Cons of Flexibility Scenarios for Utah (3/18/13)
• Rep. Andergg Can’t Read a Fiscal Note (3/12/13)
• How the Medicaid Expansion Option Benefits Social Services Funding Requests(2/26/13)
• The Impact of Medicaid Expansion: Evidence from Six States (2/13)
• Western Governors Supporting Medicaid Expansion (2/20/13)
• NEW REPORT: Utah’s Economy Will Benefit from Expanding Medicaid (2/13)
• (Storybook) Utahns Speak Up: Join the Medicaid Expansion (2013)
• (Infographic) Why Medicaid Expansion Makes Sense for Utah (2013)
• Medicaid Expansion 101 (2/2013)
• FAQ About Medicaid Expansion (2/2013)
• Myths and Facts About Medicaid (2/2013)
• Expanding Medicaid: The Fiscally Responsible Choice (2/2013)
• Top 7 Reasons to Expand Medicaid (2/2013)
• The Gap in Medicaid Coverage (2/2013)
• The Medicaid Coverage Canyon (2/2013)

2012

• The ACA Medicaid Expansion: Considerations for Utah (September 4, 2012)
• Flyer recruiting stories of Utahns impacted by Medicaid Expansion (2012)

 

Community Health Workers (CHWs)

2016

• UHPP/Alliance Community Services/Hispanic Health Care Task Force presentation to Community Health Worker Conference (pdf)
• CHW Conference Survey Summary (pdf)
• CHW Coalition Fact Sheet (pdf)
• Adopted CHW Coalition definition of CHWs in Utah (pdf)

2013

• SB 85 Community Health Worker Program Handout (pdf)
• CHWs in Utah Stories of Success (pdf)

 

ACO/Managed Care

• Utah’s Medicaid Accountable Care Transformation: Where Do We Go from Here?(February, 4, 2013)
• Utah’s Medicaid Accountable Care Transformation: Where Do We Go from Here?(February 2013)
• One Year Later: The NJ Medicaid Accountable Care Organization Demonstration Project – Governance & Community Engagement An Overview (AARP of New Jersey – August 2012)
• Statement on Utah’s Pathway to Accountable Care (Patient-Centered Medicaid Reforms)
• UHPP Matrix of Comments & Recommendations for ACO Contract Draft
• Draft ACO Contract Language, August 7, 2012 Version  (Source: Utah Department of Health via GRAMMA request from Tribune)
• Bureau of Managed Care Responses to OIG or Office of Inspector General Suggested ACO Contract Provisions (Source: Utah Dept of Health via SL Tribune GRAMMA request).
• Medicaid Office of Inspector General Emergency Audit Memo-ACO/MCO Contract Delay (Source: SL Tribune).
• Accountable Care Principles (3/30/12)
• Utah Accountable Care ‘Boot Camp’ Proceedings – with Helpful Links & New Tools (9/12/11)
• Children’s Health Improvement Collaborative Demo (Sum-Dr. Norlin)
• Using the Opportunity of Health Care Reform to Improve Care and Manage Costs for People with Physical Disabilities (Disability Practice Institute)
• A Health Care System Designed to Serve Adults with Disabilities
  (Community Catalyst & Boston Center for Independent Living)
• ACO Boot Camp Slides from Community Catalyst (9/12/11)
• ACO Boot Camp Slies from the Colorado Center on Policy & Law (9/12/11)
• ACO Resources for Bootcamp Attendees (9/12/11)
• Diabetes Prevention Program Results (from ACO Boot Camp Speaker, Dr. Mark Briesacher)
  • Sample Principles for Accountable or Better Care
  • Payment Reform: 10 Patient Principles (Campaign for Better Care)
  • Joint ACO Principles of AAP (pediatricians), American Academy of Family Physicians (also adopted by AMA House of Delegates)
  • ACO Principles from the American Medical Group Association
• Department of Health (2011). Utah Medicaid Payment and Service Delivery Reform Proposal. http://health.utah.gov/medicaid/stplan/1115%20Waivers.htm.

 

Health Homes

• HBXX CHIP & Medicaid ER Use Amendments: First Step is to Improve Access to Patient-Centered Health Homes (January 2013)

 

Better Care Conference & Summit

PDFs of PowerPoint Presentations (click to view/download)
Better Care: Maximizing Opportunity in the ACA and Beyond (Renee Markus Hodin)
Better Care at Lower Cost for Medicaid: What Will It Take? (Brent James, MD)
Transforming Health Care In Oregon (David Labby, MD PhD)
The Camden Model An Integrated Community-led Safety-net Accountable Care Organization (Joseph Fleming)
Patient Incentives in Medicaid (Lydia Mitts)

• Better Care Conference & Summit Reading Materials (Utah Health Policy Project – Friday December 14,2012, 9am-4pm)

 

Medicaid Breach

• How to File a Claim for Damages Resulting from the Data Breach
• Community Sign On Letter Containing Recommendations for Addressing Medicaid Security Breach and Partnering with Community Based Organizations to Repair the Damages
• Department of Health’s Personal Health Information Data Breach Presentation
• Department of Health’s Breach Update
• Department of Health’s Official Letter to Possible Breach Victims
• Sample Letter (6th Grade Level) to Consumers Regarding Breach (sample only, NOT FOR USE)

 

Medicaid Waiver

• Revised sign-on letter & waiver recommendations with list of endorsers
• Revised sign-on letter & waiver recommendations
• Better Care for Medicaid Patients: What it Takes Recommendations to Strengthen Utah’s Waiver Proposal (6/20/11)
• Survey Instrument used by MCAC members to rate importance of synthesized recommendations for Medicaid Reform Waiver
• Medicaid Waiver Recommendations: A Synthesis Created by UHPP for the Medical Care Advisory Committee (6/17/11)
• Medicaid Reform Recommendations: Public Informal Survey Results (7/18/11)
• Survey of MCAC members on Medicaid Waiver Proposal (6/22/11)
• UHA Principles to Guide Utah’s Development of a Medicaid Waiver
• Highlights from Community Meeting with Michael Hales, Utah DOH (6/9/11)
• Medicaid Reform Waiver Stakeholders Meetings: Highlights for Advocates

 

Behavioral Health

(Mental health and Substance Use Disorders)

• Mental Health Integration Work Group Meeting Minutes (5/10/12)
• Behavioral/Medical Health Care Integration Blueprint
• Capitol Complex