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Focus Areas

NAMD works to create resources and supports for member states across the primary areas of Medicaid coverage, administration, finance and state program frameworks. Those resources and supports are grouped into focus areas to make them easy to find.

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Managed Care

Medicaid programs across the country employ managed care models to help deliver quality care efficiently and with state budget realities in mind. States adopt various strategies for procurement, contracting and oversight of these critical partners.

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Program Administration

Medicaid programs across the country are large, complex systems that ensure millions of people get the health care they need. Billions of dollars support the Medicaid program at the federal and state level.

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Quality and Access to Care

Quality of care, not quantity, is the benchmark against which all health care delivery should be assessed. Medicaid programs across the country are making strides at implementing programs that consider quality as well as access to care.

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Waivers

Waivers are an essential part of the strategy many states use to ensure their programs are meeting the needs of their individual populations. Programs across the country use federally-approved waivers to meet a host of goals including coverage expansion, cost containment or improved care for specific groups such as individuals living with disabilities or pregnant women.

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