Building Medicaid Leadership Capacity

post Building the Case for Doula Reimbursement in New Jersey Medicaid While New Jersey has lower infant and maternal mortality rates than most states, there are significant disparities in these...

July 2019

post The Critical Role of Medicaid Leadership Medicaid has come a long way from its inception over 50 years ago. From a stigma-ridden afterthought at the...

June 2019

post The Value of Investing in State Medicaid Leaders: A Q&A with Leadership Consultant Ed O’Neil Medicaid directors are uniquely situated to stimulate innovations in health policy and practice to enhance care, address complex health...

June 2019

post Medicaid Leadership Exchange: A Candid Dialogue on What Works — and What Doesn’t — in Leading Today’s State Programs Medicaid directors in states across the country navigate an increasingly complex world, one in which they balance the needs...

May 2019

post Incorporating Consumer Voices into Program Development: Q&A with Washington’s Medicaid Director MaryAnne Lindeblad Medicaid programs are increasingly interested in fostering cross-sector alignment as a means to provide quality and cost-effective health care...

April 2019

post Using Medicaid Levers to Improve Health Outcomes and Reduce Disparities: A Q&A with Louisiana’s Medicaid Director Jen Steele Since Louisiana expanded Medicaid in 2016, an additional 502,647 newly eligible adults enrolled in the state’s health care program...

March 2019

post Connecting Physical and Oral Health Care in Louisiana Primary care professionals are generally the first point of contact in the health care system and are often underutilized...

December 2018

post Reducing Dental Opioid Prescribing in Oregon: A Conversation with Oral Health Leaders With the United States in the grip of an opioid epidemic, public health care leaders are seeking innovative solutions...

December 2018

post Combatting Opioid Misuse in Tennessee and West Virginia: A Conversation with Two State Medicaid Directors The opioid epidemic is a national public health crisis, with more than 115 Americans dying daily from opioid-related overdoses....

June 2018