Comparison Between Ohio and Michigan Medicaid Programs

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In July, 2004, the Health Policy Institute of Ohio provided the Ohio Commission to Reform Medicaid with several tables that compared Medicaid programs in 14 states. One of these tables showed that Michigan’s program had the lowest per person spending overall for each of four categories of covered Medicaid populations—aged, blind/disabled, adult, and child. This data produced a request from the Commission for further analysis to explain why per person spending is less in Michigan than in Ohio.

This analysis of Ohio and Michigan Medicaid data seeks to account for these differences in per person spending. To complete this analysis, HPIO analyzed federal fiscal year (FFY) 2001 Medicaid Statistical Information System (MSIS) data for Michigan and Ohio, incorporated an analysis of FFY 2002 data on dual eligible enrollment and expenditures for all states, reviewed reports on Michigan’s program, and talked with staff in Ohio’s and Michigan’s respective Medicaid programs.