News & Bulletins
The Hilltop Institute periodically posts news items and issues electronic bulletins to disseminate information about Hilltop activities and publications. Below are the three most recent. Go to the News and Bulletin Archive, below, to view previous posts.
Bulletin: Second Hilltop Researcher Awarded UMBC CIDER Grant
Hilltop Director of Analytics & Research Morgan Henderson, PhD, is one of five awardees of UMBC’s Center and Institute Departmentally Engaged Research (CIDER) grants this year. Dr. Henderson will partner with Dr. Jun Chu, Assistant Professor of Public Health in UMBC’s Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Public Health to improve our understanding of the use of Z codes in the Maryland Medicaid population.
05/15/2025
Bulletin: Hilltop Research on Medicaid Provider Taxes featured in the New York Times Again
A New York Times article released today titled “The Biggest Medicaid Cut Left for House Republicans Would Hit Red States Hardest” features a follow-up to Hilltop’s analysis of the potential impact of eliminating the 6% Medicaid provider tax safe harbor threshold. This is a follow-up story to earlier coverage, and includes the impact of Managed Care Organization (MCO) taxes, in addition to hospital and nursing facility taxes. Today’s piece compares the distributional impacts of eliminating provider taxes with another proposed Medicaid reform.
05/09/2025
Bulletin: Hilltop Research on Medicaid Provider Taxes Featured in the New York Times
A New York Times article released today titled “G.O.P. Targets a Medicaid Loophole Used by 49 States to Grab Federal Money” features Hilltop’s analysis of the potential impact of eliminating the 6% Medicaid provider tax safe harbor threshold.
05/06/2025