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Alabama
Name of Medicaid Program(s) and number of people participating
The Alabama program is simply known as Alabama Medicaid. It is administered by the state Alabama Medicaid Agency.
As of June 1, 2018, there were 894,270 individuals enrolled in the Alabama Medicaid program.1
Expanding Medicaid?
No.
Health Insurance Marketplace (if applicable)/ State based, Partnership or Federally Facilitated Exchange?
Federally Facilitated marketplace: www.healthcare.gov
Health Information Exchange (if applicable)
Alabama has several HIEs that are in various stages of operation. All HIE activity is being coordinated through a partnership between the Alabama Health Information Exchange Advisory Commission and the Alabama State Medicaid Agency: http://medicaid.alabama.gov/CONTENT/4.0_Programs/4.7.0_Health_Information_Technology/4.7.4_HIE/4.7.4_HIE.aspx Alabama’s “One Health Record” is one example of an operational system: http://onehealthrecord.alabama.gov/mission.html.
APCD (if applicable)
No current activity.
Featured Initiatives
Footnotes
- 1. Total monthly Medicaid and CHIP enrollment. Available at: https://www.kff.org/health-reform/state-indicator/total-monthly-medicaid-and-chip-enrollment/?currentTimeframe=0&sortModel=%7B%22colId%22:%22Location%22,%22sort%22:%22asc%22%7D
Topics Comprehensively Reviewed
Care Coordination/Care Management
Equity and Disparities
Federal and State Program Integrity
Health Information Technology
Medicaid/CHIP Data Requirements
Medical Peer Review
Medical Records Collection, Retention, and Access
Patient Engagement/Shared Decision-Making
Patient Safety
Privacy and Confidentiality
Private Insurance Data Requirements
Public Health Data Collection and Reporting
Quality Measurement and Reporting
Research
Resource Use (Cost/Utilization) Measurement and Reporting
Topics Partially Reviewed
- No topics available
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