Room for Interpretation: Causes of Variation in County Medicaid Asset Transfer Rates, Opportunities for Cost Reduction

Publication Date: August 2010

Publisher: The Nelson A Rockefeller Institute of Government

Author(s): Courtney Burke; Barbara Stubblebine; Kelly Stengel

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Keywords: Medicaid ; Administration; Asset Transfer; Cost Efficiencies

Type: Report

Abstract:

New York State’s assumption of county Medicaid administration could reduce costs, but big savings will depend on improved administrative processes, according to this Institute report. The report examines differences in Medicaid nursing home eligibility denials among counties as an illustration of the challenges the state will face in taking over administration of Medicaid.