As we step into 2026, the Center for Health Care Strategies (CHCS) is grateful for the partners we worked with and the many people who turned to our resources throughout 2025. Over the past year, we released a range of practical publications and tools to help address real-world challenges in Medicaid policy and practice. Explore some of our most-read resources from 2025:
- Medicaid Work Requirements Implementation Series – In response to federal Medicaid work requirements included in the 2025 budget reconciliation act (P.L. 119-21), this series supports states in designing strategies that mitigate the risk of unintended disenrollment and minimize administrative burden on members.
- Meaningfully Engaging People with Lived Experience in Behavioral Health Reform – Drawing on insights from consultants with firsthand behavioral health experience and interviews with state officials, this guide examines what meaningful member engagement looks like in practice.
- Transforming Rural Health Care Through Medicaid Innovation – This series of tip sheets explores how states can use Medicaid innovations to improve health care delivery, strengthen access to services, and build workforce capacity in rural communities.
- Expanded Medicare Coverage of Intensive Outpatient Services: Considerations for States – This brief outlines key considerations for Medicaid agencies to ensure continued and expanded access to intensive outpatient program services, including for people dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid.
- Using Provider Payment to Reduce Disparities: Lessons from Two Medicaid Health Plans – This blog post highlights how two health plans approached developing their value-based payment models, and shares key lessons on the challenges and facilitators for developing and implementing these models to reduce health disparities.
- Coordinating Medicaid Health-Related Social Services Through Community Care Hubs – This brief describes design and implementation approaches for establishing effective community care hub models based on efforts in New York, North Carolina, and California.
- Food is More Than Just Medicine – This CHCS-authored Health Affairs article details how state agencies, including Medicaid, can effectively integrate Food is Medicine approaches into their program design and delivery to meet people’s whole-person care needs.
- Building Cross-Sector Collaboration Between Health Care and Homeless Services: Ground-Level Insights from California – This brief draws on the diverse experiences of pilot teams participating in CHCS’ Partnerships for Action: California Health Care & Homelessness Learning Collaborative to provide insights on building effective cross-sector partnerships.
- The Role of Community Health Workers in Pediatrics – This Evidence Roundup reviews the latest research on how community health workers can be integrated into pediatric care teams and offers insights into how these programs are designed, implemented, and scaled.
- Three Opportunities for States to Improve Health Care for Medicaid Members with Disabilities – This blog post highlights key opportunities for states to improve health care access and reduce disparities for Medicaid members with disabilities.
- Improving Diabetes Care Through Access to Continuous Glucose Monitors in Medicaid: State Opportunities – This blog post outlines four key strategies to expand access to continuous glucose monitors (CGM) within Medicaid, based on the experiences of states participating in CHCS’ CGM Access Accelerator
Top CHCS Webinar
Braiding Funding Streams to Provide More Person-Centered Care for People with Complex Health and Social Needs – This webinar featured representatives from three California-based organizations who shared their approaches to braiding multiple funding sources to better serve people with complex health and social needs.
Most Listened to Podcast Episode
Understanding Medicaid’s Federal-State Partnership – This episode of the Medicaid Leadership Exchange podcast explores the benefits and challenges of the unique partnership between the federal government and state agencies to provide health care for nearly 80 million Medicaid members nationwide.
Our team at CHCS looks forward to supporting state needs in 2026 and continuing to advance practical, person‑centered solutions across Medicaid programs!
