How Are States Using Managed Care Contracting to Improve Primary Care?

Healthcare Innovation November 23, 2020
David Raths

Addressing social determinants of health and integrating behavioral health into primary care are common goals in Medicaid managed care

Managed care contracting is one key lever state governments have to set priorities for healthcare improvement. A recent panel discussion described how states are using their managed care purchasing authority to advance primary care models.

Since 2018, the Center for Health Care Strategies (CHCS), with support from the Commonwealth Fund, has been working with states on a project called “Advancing Primary Care Innovation in Medicaid Managed Care.” The project focuses on using managed care purchasing authority to advance primary care models that aim to address one or more of the following care delivery components: (1) addressing social determinants of health;...

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