Medicaid
Medicaid is publically-funded medical assistance. It can be understood as a form of health insurance for special groups and low-income individuals. Medicaid is not a single, national program, each State and Territory has its own Medicaid program.
Medicaid is a Federal-state partnership with the States and the Federal government each paying to support the program. Medicaid is generally received through and administered by an individual’s state of residence, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) oversees this administration and establishes general program guidelines. Federal law and regulations provide a framework for Medicaid and stipulate the basic requirements that all state programs must have. States must include certain types of individuals and specific services in their Medicaid coverage and can include other groups and services at their discretion. In this way, Medicaid coverage varies widely between jurisdictions.
This section will provide information on:
- Title IV-E Adoption Assistance and Medicaid
- State-funded Adoption Assistance and Medicaid
- Medicaid Interstate
- EPSDT
- Training available in the above categories