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Alaska
Name of Medicaid Program(s) and number of people participating
The Alaska program is simply known as Alaska Medicaid or the Alaska Medical Assistance Program. It is administered by the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services, Division of Public Assistance http://dhss.alaska.gov/dpa/pages/medicaid/default.aspx. As of June 1, 2018, there were 206,727 individuals enrolled in the Alaska Medicaid program.1
Expanding Medicaid?
Yes.
Health Insurance Marketplace (if applicable)/ State based, Partnership or Federally Facilitated Exchange?
Federally Facilitated marketplace: www.healthcare.gov
Health Information Exchange (if applicable)
Alaska has various forms of HIE up and running and in different stages of implementation. Over 12 different state agencies are involved with the state HIE efforts. Alaska has a state HIE cooperative agreement with the federal ONC, which outlines the Alaska Health Information Exchange Program. The most up to date version can be found here.
APCD (if applicable)
Strong interest, but 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/?state=AK
Topics Comprehensively Reviewed
Topics Partially Reviewed
- No topics available
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