Delivery System Redesign

This policy brief by AHIP examines trends in enrollment and Medicaid health plan participation in state Medicaid programs as well as trends in other types of Medicaid managed care, and describes how Medicaid health plans are working with states to address ongoing fiscal challenges.

This issue brief reviews the mission of the Innovation Center and provides perspectives from the research community on critical issues and challenges.

The Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission released their June report that presents a baseline description of managed care in Medicaid.

June 6, 2011, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the Federally Qualified Health Center Advanced Primary Care Practice (FQHC APCP) demonstration project.

Anew report on the role of health IT in "delivery system, payment and insurance reform."

The U.S. Defense Department and the Department of Veteran Affairs have agreed  to develop a joint computerized system for health care records that could provide a single source of data on a veteran’s health from enlistment through death.

The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) announced May 26, 2011 the launch of Minnesota Public Health Data Access (MNPH Data Access), an electronic gateway to Minnesota health and environment data. MNPH Data Access is part of a national initiative led by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to close the information gap in what is known about the impact of environmental hazards on public health.

This issue discusses the responsibilities, opportunities, and challenges for state Medicaid agencies in implementing programs to encourage providers to adopt electronic health records, focusing on the Medicaid Electronic Health Record Incentive Program.

New Mexico' s telehealth Project ECHO (Extension for Community Health Care Outcomes) could become a national model for serving chronically ill patients in underserved areas.

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker has proposed limits on enrollment for the Family Care program that services the elderly and disabled as one way to fill a projected state budget shortfall of $3 billion.