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December 2017 Stephanie Anthony, Arielle Traub, Sarah Lewis, Cindy Mann, Alexandra Kruse, Michelle Herman Soper, Stephen A. Somers,
Low-income adults who need and use long-term services and supports are among the most complex, expensive, and fast-growing populations covered by Medicaid. One of the greatest challenges state officials face is how to organize and pay for these services. This toolkit, written by Manatt Health and the Center for Health Care Strategies with support from the SCAN Foundation and the Milbank Memorial Fund, addresses these challenges. More
Blog Post
May 2017 Christopher F. Koller,
Like rising sea levels, Medicaid costs are flooding state and federal budgets. Medicaid reform efforts, such as those in the American Health Care Act… More
February 2017 Christopher F. Koller,
From 1997 to 2005, I ran Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island (NHPRI), the state’s largest Medicaid managed care organization. We worked hard to… More
News Article
September 2016
The Center for Evidence-based Policy (CEbP) is making progress on SMART-D, the State Medicaid Alternative Reimbursement and Purchasing Test for… More
August 2016 Christian Heiss, Stephen A. Somers, Mark Larson,
State policymakers continue to look for ways to improve responses for people with behavioral health and substance abuse conditions. The challenges to… More
September 2015 Andy Allison,
Developing effective Medicaid leadership and organizational structures is one of the paramount challenges facing governors and legislatures. Medicaid… More
March 2015 Maia Crawford, Tricia McGinnis, John Auerbach, Kristin Golden,
There is growing recognition among state policymakers that improving health outcomes is as much about addressing the social determinants of poor… More
July 2014 Mark Gibson,
In debates over Medicaid expansion, several recent studies are often cited as evidence regarding Medicaid’s effectiveness and inability to improve… More
May 2000
Forward This report distills the experience of senior officials of state and local government in adapting the techniques of managed care to the… More
