Commonwealth Fund

Affordable, quality health care. For everyone.

Maria Velasquez

Senior Research Associate, Department of Health Policy and Management, Milken Institute School of Public Health
George Washington University

Maria Velasquez, M.P.H., is a senior research associate in the Department of Health Policy and Management at George Washington University’s Milken Institute School of Public Health.

Latest Publications by Maria Velasquez

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Medicaid testing for COVID-19
To the Point

States Can Test for COVID-19 Under the Uninsured Medicaid Eligibility Option, but Why Are Many Opting Out?


By Sara Rosenbaum, Rebecca Morris, Maria Velasquez
Medicaid managed care patient
Issue Briefs

How States Are Using Comprehensive Medicaid Managed Care to Strengthen and Improve Primary Health Care


By Sara Rosenbaum, Maria Velasquez, Alexander Somodevilla, Elizabeth Gray, Rebecca Morris, Morgan Handley, J. Zoë Beckerman
Medicaid managed care and coronavirus
To the Point

States Are Using Medicaid Managed Care to Address the COVID-19 Pandemic


By Sara Rosenbaum, Maria Velasquez
young worker in medicaid work requirement state
To The Point

Medicaid 1115 Work Experiments: The Current State of Play


By Sara Rosenbaum, Alexander Somodevilla, Maria Velasquez, Morgan Handley, Sara Rothenberg
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To The Point

Will the President’s Initiative to End the Spread of HIV Leverage Medicaid?


By Sara Rosenbaum, Maria Velasquez, Rachel Gunsalus
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To The Point

How Are States Addressing Primary Care Quality in Medicaid Managed Care?


By Sara Rosenbaum, J. Zoë Beckerman, Maria Velasquez, Alexander Somodevilla, Elizabeth Gray, Rebecca Morris, Morgan Handley
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After the ACA Simplified Medicaid Enrollment, the Administration and Some States Are Making It Far More Complicated


By Sara Rosenbaum, Maria Velasquez, Sara Rothenberg, Rachel Gunsalus
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Issue Briefs

Will Evaluations of Medicaid 1115 Demonstrations That Restrict Eligibility Tell Policymakers What They Need to Know?


By Sara Rosenbaum, Maria Velasquez, Rachel Gunsalus, Rebecca Morris, Alexander Somodevilla
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Medicaid Work Demonstrations: What Is at Stake for Older Adults?


By Sara Rosenbaum, Rachel Gunsalus, Sara Schmucker, Maria Velasquez, Sara Rothenberg
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Medicaid Payment and Delivery Reform: Insights from Managed Care Plan Leaders in Medicaid Expansion States


By Sara Rosenbaum, Rachel Gunsalus, Maria Velasquez, Shyloe Jones, Sara Rothenberg, J. Zoë Beckerman