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State Medicaid Directors Driving Innovation: Continuous Quality Improvement

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February 25, 2013

The National Association of Medicaid Directors (NAMD) is engaging states in shared learning on how Medicaid directors can drive payment and delivery system innovations. As more states take on an active purchaser role in the health care market, Medicaid directors increasingly face pressure to move toward paying for value rather than volume. States struggle with the question of how to best maintain and improve the quality of health care services available to Medicaid members.

Payment and Delivery System Reform in Medicaid: Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities to Move Forward

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February 11, 2013

Over the past year, NAMD has been working, with support from the Commonwealth Fund, to convene meetings, conduct surveys and interviews with individual states, and collect a growing catalog of “best practices” and innovative state initiatives. NAMD details its results in this paper, which identifies and addresses the major barriers and the most likely pathways to Medicaid-driven and Medicaid-relevant health system reform.  

2012 Medicaid Operations Survey Summary

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November 14, 2012

NAMD's First Annual Medicaid Operations Survey highlights the diversity and complexity of the job of state Medicaid Director. The summary and accompanying chartbook include responses from 45 of NAMD’s members.

Medicaid Innovations—Meeting Summary Report

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October 1, 2012
On July 10th, 2012, the National Association of Medicaid Directors (NAMD) convened a meeting of state Medicaid directors, leaders from the Centers for Medicaid and CHIP Services (CMCS) and the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) to discuss how states can drive innovation through Medicaid. Participants from eleven states identified a number of areas for innovation they are either actively engaged in or are interested in pursuing. This report provides a summary of the key themes of discussion, including how states are currently pursuing payment and delivery system reforms and how federal partners are working to support state efforts. NAMD will use the lessons learned from the July 10th meeting to help states share best practices and further innovate to improve their Medicaid programs.

Policy Brief - State Medicaid Directors Driving Innovation: Payment Reform

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July 20, 2012

The National Association of Medicaid Directors (NAMD) is engaging states in shared learning around how Medicaid directors can drive payment and delivery system innovations.

Advancing Medicare and Medicaid Integration: An Update on Improving State Access to Medicare Data

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May 1, 2012

NAMD released the second in its Working Paper Series, "Advancing Medicare and Medicaid Integration." This paper builds on NAMD’s first paper on this topic.
 

NAMD Memo: Analysis of Final Medicaid Eligibility Regulations

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March 26, 2012

On March 23, 2012, CMS published in the Federal Register a final rule, “Medicaid Program; Eligibility Changes under the Affordable Care Act of 2010.” The National Association of Medicaid Directors released a public memo providing a high level summary of some of the key changes from the proposed rule from the perspective of Medicaid Directors.

Rethinking Medicaid Program Integrity: Eliminating Duplication and Investing in Effective, High-Value Tools

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March 19, 2012

The National Association of Medicaid Directors (NAMD) released a position paper describing a number of concrete opportunities to improve Medicaid program integrity efforts.

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Preliminary Projections of FY 2014 FMAPs

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February 3, 2012

The Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP), the share of a state’s Medicaid costs borne by the federal government, is recalculated each year. A January 2012 paper published by Medicaid financing expert Vic Miller examines the historical trends and uses alternate assumptions to project the FY2014 FMAPs.

Creating a Climate for Innovation

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November 9, 2011

Runaway health care cost inflation, often poor health care outcomes, and growing rolls in public health care programs, particularly Medicaid, contribute to fiscal pressures and frustration with our nation’s health care system. There is a prevailing desire to reorient the health care system to achieve better care, better health and lower costs. To successfully achieve this vision, Medicaid programs must serve as a platform for innovation and system-wide care improvement.

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