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Medicaid Case Study

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1) The testimony given for the Medicaid at 50: Strengthening and Sustaining the Program (Medicaid at 50) begins with Chairman Joseph R. Pitts, representative from Pennsylvania, giving basic information regarding Medicaid, the current status of the program, and the future. Chairman Pitts lays out the basic issue at hand, the growing expense of Medicaid and that currently there are more individuals enrolled in Medicaid than Medicare and those growing numbers are requiring states to make difficult decisions regarding sustainability for the program both at the state and the federal level. In order to address and provide answers, the panel was composed of two women from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services and one from the Government Accountability Office. Vikki Wachino is the deputy Administrator for CMS and the Director for Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services. She speaks for about 5 minutes and covers a few facts about how important Medicaid has been and shares the successes of the program. Mrs. Wachino then goes into the changes Medicaid has been under through the ACA and the reimbursement changes that have helps and created some problems. She concludes with some basic strategy and future initiatives CMS has begun. …show more content…

Wachino was an excellent member for the hearing. Her role will clearly require a close relationship with this committee and for this relationship to work she must demonstrate a working knowledge of the system, the challenges, and various strategies to overcome the hurdles seen by Medicaid today. She was able to cover a lot of information in a short period of time; however, she must speak quickly and at times almost stumbles over her words. She must have been nervous, as this appears to be her first hearing. Overall, I think her testimony brought important points regarding the importance of Medicaid and presented important changes that many may not realize have taken place, therefore her testimony was well

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