TAILIEUCHUNG - DIVISION OF HEALTH CARE FINANCING AND POLICY MEDICAID AND NEVADA CHECK UP FACT BOOK

Jeff Goldsmith is a Biostatistics PhD graduate from Sherman, Texas. When Jeff first thought of graduate school, he had never heard of public health. He received a recruiter’s email encouraging students with an interest in math to consider biostatistics. In researching the field, he realized biostatistics was a way he could use something he was good at to solve real world problems. Jeff’s work at the Bloomberg School focused on neuroimaging. He examined brain scan data to determine disease progression in multiple sclerosis patients. Brain scan information can be hard to come by, but through the Department of Biostatistics, Jeff collaborated with the National Institutes of Health and Johns Hopkins Hospital to access a. | Division OF Health Care Financing and Policy Medicaid and Nevada Check Up Fact Book January 2011 DHCFP FACT BOOK 2011 DIVISION OF HEALTH CARE FINANCING AND POLICY FACT BOOK MEDICAID PROGRAM MISSION The mission of the Nevada Division of Health Care Financing and Policy DHCFP is to purchase and provide quality health care services to low-income Nevadans in the most efficient manner promote equal access to health care at an affordable cost to the taxpayers of Nevada restrain the growth of health care costs and review Medicaid and other state health care programs to maximize potential federal revenue. HEALTH CARE FINANCING AND POLICY Nevada adopted the Medicaid program in 1967 with the passage of state legislation placing the Medicaid program in the Division of Welfare and Supportive Services DWSS . During the 1997 legislative session the DHCFP was created. The division has 274 authorized positions with offices in Carson City Las Vegas Reno and Elko. DHCFP administers two major federal health coverage programs Medicaid and Children s Health Insurance Program CHIP which provide medically necessary health care to eligible Nevadans. The largest program is Medicaid which provides health care to low-income families as well as aged blind and disabled individuals. The CHIP program in Nevada is known as Nevada Check Up NCU and provides health care coverage to low-income uninsured children who are not eligible for Medicaid. NEVADA MEDICAID In 1965 Congress established the Medicare and Medicaid programs as Title XVIII and Title XIX respectively of the Social Security Act Act . Medicare was established in response to the specific medical care needs of the elderly with coverage added in 1973 for certain persons with disabilities and certain persons with kidney disease . Medicaid was established in response to the widely perceived inadequacy of welfare medical care under public assistance. Title XIX of The Act is a program that provides medical assistance for certain individuals .

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