MEPD REPORT NARRATIVES

To help understand what is happening within the Medicaid for Employed People with a Disability program, a collection of reports have been designed. The intent of each report is to describe the enrollees by looking into an element of this program. Each report is described below and each report can be viewed or downloaded by clicking on the report name or other places as noted below.  As more information for additional months becomes available, additional reports in each category will be posted to this site.  New reports will also be posted as they are developed.

Report -- Average Income by Type

This is a graph of the income of all MEPD enrollees. There is a line showing the average earned income and the average for the unearned income. The third line is the average total earnings (both earned and unearned) of all enrollees. The expectation is that over time the unearned income line will decrease and the earned income line will increase. It will take quite some time to over come recipient's belief that higher earnings will cause the recipient problems and a loss in supports.

Report -- Comparison of Premiums to Non-Premiums

This is a graph showing what percent of the MEPD enrollees pay a premium and do not pay a premium. The data is monthly presented in a bar chart format. The first enrollees were individuals who were already working, had higher incomes, and thus gave a higher percentage of enrollees who were paying a premium. New enrollees are more likely to be individuals who have just started to work so they will have a lower level of income and thus more likely not to have a premium payment.

Report -- Growth in Enrollees

This is a graph showing the number of enrollees by month in a line graph format. It was expected that growth would be rapid in the early months of a new program and though the number of cases is continuing to grow it is at a declining rate. 

Report -- Hours of Work

This is a graph showing the percent of monthly MEPD enrollees that work in one of the three monthly hour's group. The three groups are working 0 to 10 hours per month, working 11 to 80 hours per month, and working more than 80 hours per month. The first enrollees were individuals who were already working, had higher incomes, and probably working a greater number of hours. New enrollees are more likely to be individuals who have just started to work so they will have a lower level of income and probably working less hours as they acclimate to the working environment and build confidence that they cal work at a real job.  A copy of this report in Microsoft Word format for download and printing may be found here.

Report -- MEPD Enrollees by Type and Level of Income (Monthly reports available below)

These are tables for each month of the program that shows the distribution of enrollees by type and level of income. Each row represents a different range of unearned income while each column is a different range of earned income. In each cell of the table is the number of enrollees who have that level of earned and unearned income. The bottom row shows the percentage of enrollees in each earned income range. These tables only show a snapshot of enrollees' income at a point in time. Future analysis, after 2-3 years, will look at the change in earned income (hopefully upward) over time. It is important to remember that new enrollees are probably new to the job market so they will start out at low paying jobs and few hours. The hope is that with experience both the hours and the pay will increase.  For copies of monthly reports in Microsoft Word format please click the following:  June 2002, May 2002, April 2002, March 2002, February 2002, January 2002, December 2001, November 2001, October 2001, September 2001, August 2001, July 2001, June 2001, May 2001, April 2001, March 2001, February 2001, January 2001, December 2000, November 2000, October 2000, September 2000, August 2000, July 2000, June 2000, May 2000, April 2000, March 2000

For more information about the MEPD program please contact:
Jim Overland
Phone: 515/281-8908
Fax: 515/242-6036
Email: joverla@dhs.state.ia.us