resource Red Flags and Response Systems for the Oversight and Monitoring of Psychotropic Medications: Wyoming and Maryland Presenters from Maryland and Wyoming described their states’ red flags and response systems, highlighting program design, data collection/monitoring strategies,...

October 2014

resource Medicaid Contracting Strategies to Improve Children’s Oral Health Care Access This brief explores contract-based options for improving access to oral health care for children in Medicaid and describes how...

October 2014

resource Medicaid Primary Care Rate Increase: Considerations Beyond 2014 This new CHCS brief draws from interviews with policy experts and stakeholders across the country to assesses the policy’s...

September 2014

resource Key Attributes of High-Performing Integrated Health Plans for Medicare-Medicaid Enrollees This brief describes a framework outlining the characteristics of high-performing health plans. While the framework is intended as a...

August 2014

resource Encouraging Healthy Behaviors in Medicaid: Early Lessons from Florida and Idaho This brief describes two state Medicaid incentive account programs and summarizes early lessons on encouraging consumers to adopt healthier...

July 2007

resource Moving Toward Integrated Marketing Rules and Practices for Medicare and Medicaid Managed Care Plans This brief provides an overview of Medicare and Medicaid managed care marketing requirements and highlights approaches to integrated marketing...

July 2014

resource Considerations for Integrating Behavioral Health Services within Medicaid Accountable Care Organizations Medicaid accountable care organizations (ACOs) offer the potential to improve health care quality and control rising costs, particularly for...

July 2014

resource Advances in Multi-Payer Alignment: State Approaches to Aligning Performance Metrics across Public and Private Payers This brief draws from the efforts of three states to outline strategies for quality alignment across purchasers.

July 2014

resource Intensive Care Coordination Using High-Quality Wraparound for Children with Serious Behavioral Health Needs: State and Community Profiles This guide highlights states and counties that have implemented intensive care coordination using high-quality wraparound for children and youth...

July 2014

resource Multi-Payer Investments in Primary Care: Policy and Measurement Strategies This paper explores opportunities for states to increase health spending on primary care services across public and private payers....

July 2014

resource Medicaid Behavioral Health Care Use among Children in Foster Care Medicaid provides health coverage for most children and youth involved in the nation’s foster care system. A disproportionate number of...

June 2014

resource Strategies to Facilitate Managed Care Implementation for Medicare-Medicaid Enrollees This brief focuses on key strategies used by Medicaid agencies in four states -- California, Florida, Massachusetts, and Texas...

June 2014