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Medicaid Crash Course

Medicaid Crash Course (included FREE with subscription; $9.99 sold separately)

 

NOTE: The info below page gives you an idea of the basic content and features of the Medicaid Crash Course.  See the sneak peek for the actual table of contents and excerpts from different parts of the book.

      

 

 


What is the Medicaid Crash Course ©?

The Medicaid Crash Course © is an in-depth whitepaper that covers all major topics in the Medicaid industry in a way that allows the reader to get up to speed quickly.

  

Features of the Crash Course
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Question-based format Focus on Main Concepts 

Visual presentation of

information


  Links to Further Reading
   
Fly-outsandSidebars Discussion of Key Players SectionSummaries     Topical Index

  

Who is the Medicaid Crash Course © designed for?

 People working in the Medicaid industry for less than 3 years.  The main audience includes consultants, doctors, analysts, government officials, business owners, IT professionals and others.

 

      

 

How is this different from information I can get from other sources like the Kaiser Family Foundation, Urban Institute, and other sources?

There are many, many great sources of information about Medicaid out there.  The main value of the crash course is:

  1. It covers a broad array of topics, in depth IN ONE PLACE, saving you a lot of time searching and piecing together different concepts
  2. It is FACT-BASED, NOT ADVOCACY FOCUSED.  The vast majority of information about Medicaid is driven by particular agendas (whether to increase or decrease spending, coverage, etc).  Very little information is focused on what you need to know from a basic information stand-point. The Crash Course acknowledges that the Medicaid profession really is an industry, with people and groups that benefit politically and financially.
  3. It GETS RIGHT TO THE POINT, with the RIGHT BALANCE of DETAIL and BIG PICTURE.

 

How does it cover so much ground, and still communicate information effectively? Do you think the claim “Learn 90% of what you need to know to succeed in the Medicaid Industry in Under 90 minutes” is true?  

 

The Crash Course is designed using several important features to engage the reader and make conceptual understanding easier.  And yes, we do think the claim is true.

 

        

 

KEY FEATURES of the MEDICAID CRASH COURSE

 

Question format for easy, but in-depth understanding of a broad range on industry topics

 

All of the information is presented in an easy to understand question format. The 6 major questions covered are:

 

  1. What is Medicaid?
  2. Who can get Medicaid?
  3. What is the difference between Medicaid and Medicare?
  4. What is the State Children’s Health Insurance Program?
  5. What is the history of Medicaid?
  6. What are the big issues in Medicaid today?

  

Main concepts

 

 


 

The main concepts needed to understand the topics are introduced early in each question.  The discussion builds off of these concepts to help the reader quickly engage with the material, to retain more of the information and to be able to think for themselves about the issues.

 

 

Visual presentation of information and concepts

 

 

 

A picture is worth more than a 1,000 words – and the Crash Course uses pictures throughout to help communicate more information clearly.

 

  

 


 


 

      

  

Fly-outs and sidebars

 

 

 

 

Sometimes you may want to finish off the main topic being discussed –

and sometimes you may want to wander off into related info. The fly-outs and sidebars bring in related information in a way that allows you to choose how to deep to go.

 

 


 

  

 

  

 

  

  

 

 

 

 

Where appropriate, the key players involved in any one topic are identified. It is helpful to know who gains or loses in any issue to fully understand the issue.

 

  

  

  

  

No one can write a document that tells you everything about any subject.  After each major section, we provide you a list of links that allow you to easily explore more about the topics that are interesting to you.  With the foundational concepts and understanding you get from the Medicaid Crash Course©, you will be equipped to build upon your new-found Medicaid expertise.

 

 

 

 

 

 

      

Summaries

Instead of just diving into any major topic, there are insightful summaries at the beginning of each section to help prepare you to learn.

 

Index  

Maybe you don’t want to read it all in one sitting – the topic index at the back allows you to read at your pace and serves as a reference tool even after you are done.

 

Disagreements in the industry

 Ever wonder how things could be as cut and dry in the Medicaid industry as some folks would have you think? That’s because they’re not. Medicaid is complex. It helps to hear both sides of a story, and that’s what the “Disagreements in the Industry” sections help you do.