Benefits

Individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) experience a wide range of conditions that affect their physical, intellectual, and emotional development, and are more likely to have Medicaid coverage than those without such conditions. This issue brief examines state Medicaid policies for providing dental services for adults with I/DD and the challenges states face in providing […]

Many of the high-cost specialty drugs in the pipeline, such as cell and gene therapies, require physician administration. As such, physician-administered drugs (PAD) are expected to be a key driver of Medicaid drug spending in the future. Existing research on the Medicaid prescription drug benefit has primarily focused on drugs obtained through a pharmacy, and […]

Schools are an important setting for providing health services to children and adolescents covered by Medicaid, particularly as communities seek to address an increase in behavioral health challenges among young people. As part of the Commission’s efforts to understand how children and adolescents access behavioral health care, MACPAC conducted stakeholder interviews to examine how states […]