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Arizona
Name of Medicaid Program(s) and number of people participating
The Arizona program has been called the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (or AHCCCS) since its inception. It is administered by the state agency of the same name http://www.azahcccs.gov/ . As of June 1, 2018, there were 1,683,700 individuals enrolled in the AHCCCS.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)
Arizona has a number of HIEs, and most of them belong to the Arizona Health Information Exchange (HIE) Cooperative Agreement Program. Information on Arizona's HIEs can be found here. The Governor’s Office of Health Information Exchange has also issued an Arizona Health Information Exchange Strategic Plan here.
APCD (if applicable)
No current activity.
Featured Initiatives
Footnotes
- 1. AHCCCS Enrollment totals for 2018. Available at: https://www.kff.org/health-reform/state-indicator/total-monthly-medicaid-and-chip-enrollment/?state=AZ
Topics Comprehensively Reviewed
Care Coordination/Care Management
Equity and Disparities
Health Information Technology
Medical Peer Review
Medical Records Collection, Retention, and Access
Medicare Data Requirements
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
Security of Health Information
Topics Partially Reviewed
- No topics available
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