Healthy Indiana Plan (HIP)

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Title
Healthy Indiana Plan (HIP)
Project Officer(s)
Juliana Sharp
Start Date
End Date
Award
Waiver-Only Project
Description
The Healthy Indiana Plan Demonstration provides health insurance coverage (HIP coverage) to uninsured adults with family incomes up to 200% FPL. HIP coverage is available to custodial parents of Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) children who are not themselves eligible for Medicaid, and childless adults. HIP coverage consists of a high-deductible health plan and an account styled like a health savings account called a Personal Wellness and Responsibility (POWER) Account. Persons who elect to participate in HIP coverage must make a monthly contribution to their POWER Account, which is determined on a sliding scale based on income. Persons who drop HIP coverage are refunded at least a portion of their unused contributions. In addition to providing HIP coverage, the Demonstration also provides mandatory capitated managed care benefits to Medicaid eligible parents, caretaker relatives, children, and pregnant women through the Hoosier Healthwise program. Funding for the expanded coverage comes from a reduction in total payment adjustments to disproportionate share hospitals (DSH), and from anticipated savings from the families with children and pregnant women populations. In addition to expanding coverage, the State hopes to encourage newly covered individuals to stay healthy and seek preventative care, give them greater control of their health care decisions and incentivize positive health behaviors, make individuals aware of the cost of health care services, and encourage provision of quality medical services.
Funding
$0.00
Principal Investigator(s)
Patricia Cassanova
Project Number
11-W-00237/05
Status
On January 29, 2010, the State received approval of an amendment that added two new projects to the list of required cost-savings projects, raised the limit on nursing facility care in the HIP benefit from 30 to 60 days, changed how the State's DSH allotment is allocated between demonstration expenditures and payments to hospitals, changed eligibility parameters for the Enhanced Services Plan, and raised the member enrollment cap on HIP childless adults from 34,000 to 36,500. The Demonstration is scheduled to expire on December 31, 2012. As of October 31, 2010, there were 42,873 individuals enrolled in the Demonstration.
Awardee Address

402 W. Washington Street Room W382
Indianapolis, IN 46204-2739
Estados Unidos

Awardee Name
Office of Medicaid Policy and Planning, Family and Social Services Administration