States Focus on Quality and Outcomes Amid Waiver Changes: Results from a 50-State Medicaid Budget Survey for State Fiscal Years 2018 and 2019

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Article Publication Date: 
10/25/2018
Summary: 
This recently released report examines the reforms, policy changes, and initiatives that occurred in FY 2018 and those adopted for implementation for FY 2019. The report focuses on changes in eligibility, managed care and delivery system reforms, long-term services and supports, provider payment rates and taxes, covered benefits, and pharmacy and opioid strategies.
Article Author: 
Gifford, Kathleen; Ellis, Eileen; Coulter Edwards, Barbara; Lashbrook, Aimee; Hinton, Elizabeth; Antonisse, Larisa; Rudowitz; Robin
Topics: 
Long Term Services and Supports; Medicaid; Medicaid Waivers; Quality
Medicaid Budget
Eligibility changes
Managed Care
delivery system reforms
opioid strategies
Types/Tools: 
Surveys; Reports
Populations: 
Aging/Older Adults; Developmental/Intellectual Disabilities; Physical Disabilities; Psychiatric Disabilities/Mental Illness
Sources: 
Kaiser Family Foundation
Programs/Initiatives: 
N/A
States: 
All States/Territories
Keywords: 
Long-Term Care; Managed Care
Medicaid
Eligibility
delivery system
provider payment rates
opioids

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