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2002 SCI Demonstration Grant
Awarded to: Rhode Island Department of Human Services
The Rhode Island Department of Human Services was awarded a grant in 2002 for the Rhode Island Access Project. The goals of this demonstration project are to:
- Decrease the rate of uninsurance in Rhode Island;
- Implement, evaluate and improve RIteShare, the state's premium assistance program; and
- Stabilize enrollment growth in Rite Care, the state's Medicaid managed care program.
Grant Highlights:
- Rhode Island has become a national leader in premium assistance. Over the grant period, Rhode Island has tracked RIteShare member satisfaction and the impact of premiums and co-pays on Rite Care enrollment.
- Rhode Island has published a Lessons Learned guide for other states who wish to implement premium assistance programs and measured the success of RIteShare using several indicators:
- Per person, per month cost of RIteShare enrollee = $119
- Per person, per month cost of RIte Care enrollee = $206
- RIteShare saved $3.4 million in 2004
- RIteShare has increased employer participation from 117 employers upwards to 1060 as of December 2004.
- RIteShare enrollment was at 5,971 individuals as of October 31, 2005.
IN-DEPTH: Rhode Island Resources
Brewster, K. "RIte Share Premium Assistance Program: Then & Now," Rhode Island Department of Human Services, June 28, 2004.
Doing it RIte: Exploring a Decade of Health Coverage Innovation, National Health Policy Forum, May 2003.
Byrnes, P.J. "RIte Share Design and Implementation: Lessons Learned in Phase I," Rite Share Evaluation Studies Project, March 2002.
Payne, C. "RIte Share Member Satisfaction Survey, " Medicaid Research and Evaluation Project, April 2004.
Impact of Premiums on RIte Care Enrollment, Issue Brief #4, January 2003.
Results of Rite Care Premium Follow-up Survey #2, Issue Brief #6, January 2004. |
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