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U.S. Medicaid Contraception Workforce Tracker
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Measure
Select measure: 1. Provider to population ratio (default): number of Medicaid providers (numerator) per 100,000 Medicaid population. Select the provider beneficiary volumes to include below. 2. % Participating: number of Medicaid providers (numerator) over the total providers (denominator). Select the providers to include below. |
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Pill, Patch, and/or Ring | |
IUD | |
Implant | |
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Denominator
Select providers to include in the denominator for % Participating in Medicaid. Only providers of selected specialties from the relevant year will be included. |
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All providers | |
Medicaid providers | |
Medicaid providers with at least one female patient aged 15-44 |
County Rank
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National View
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The Medicaid Contraception Workforce Tracker is an interactive map that allows you to examine and visualize the workforce providing contraception care to individuals with Medicaid. The Tracker uses:
- Transformed Medicaid Statistical Information System (T-MSIS) to identify clinicians who provided contraception care to Medicaid beneficiaries each year. T-MSIS collects Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) data from U.S. states, territories, and D.C., including fee-for-service and managed care plan data.
- National Plan & Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) to identify clinician profession/specialty and non-Medicaid providers.
Use the Medicaid Contraception Workforce Tracker to:
- Study the County- and State-Level Contraception Workforce. In 2020, while all states had at least one clinician providing IUDs to Medicaid beneficiaries, 46% of counties had no IUD providers.*
- Analyze Differences in Service Provision by Specialty. In 2020, 89% of counties had more APRNs than OBGYNs prescribing contraception to Medicaid beneficiaries.*
- Track Workforce Trends from 2016 to 2020. In 2016, there were 197,590 of providers of contraception care to Medicaid beneficiaries. By 2020, the total workforce had grown to 217,127.
- Request the Data. If you would like access to the database for your own analysis, please submit a request.
Limitations
- T-MSIS Data Quality. While T-MSIS is the most comprehensive national Medicaid database, it has known data quality challenges. States with data quality issues are presented in gray in the Tracker and excluded from state and county rankings. T-MSIS data quality is discussed further in the Data & Methods.
- NPPES Data Quality. Accuracy of specialty designations is a known challenge, particularly for Advanced Practice Nurses and Physician Assistants who are less likely to identify a specialty. Our estimates likely overcount the number of Advanced Practice Clinicians in primary care.
- Number of Providers per Medicaid Population. As this measure uses Medicaid population as the denominator, the population will vary based on state policies (e.g., Medicaid eligibility and expansion). Variation in annual population estimates can also affect the measure year to year, particularly for smaller counties. We also note that Medicaid providers likely do not solely care for Medicaid beneficiaries. Therefore, this measure cannot be directly compared to other provider to population ratios.
Resources
- Data & Methods
- Request Data
Recommended Citation: Fitzhugh Mullan Institute for Health Workforce Equity. Medicaid Contraception Workforce Tracker. Washington, DC: George Washington University, 2024. https://www.gwhwi.org/reproductivehealth.html.