Health Affairs March 25, 2025
Editor’s Note
This article is the latest in the Health Affairs Forefront series, Accountable Care for Population Health, featuring analysis and discussion of how to understand, design, support, and measure patient-centered, cost-efficient care under the umbrella of accountable care. Additional articles will be published throughout 2025. Readers are encouraged to review the Call for Submissions for this series. We are grateful to Arnold Ventures for their support of this work.
Section 1115 of the Social Security Act gives states the opportunity to experiment with innovative approaches, subject to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) approval, to improve care for Medicaid populations. Many states, including California, New York, Oregon, and Washington, have implemented waivers to improve outcomes for children,...