MedCity News February 24, 2025
Medicaid is probably the most innovative program in healthcare today. Its flexibility, adaptability, and focus on whole-person care have made it a leader in addressing the complex needs of vulnerable populations, and it offers useful examples of how to embrace true risk-based, value-based reimbursement.
For years, Medicaid carried a stigma: People regarded it as substandard healthcare for poor people that you would do well to avoid, while doctors saw a program that brings them too little reimbursement for patients with challenging health and socioeconomic complications.
But public perceptions of the federal-state healthcare program for low-income individuals, the disabled, children, and pregnant women has notably improved over time. With 79.3 million enrollees, when you include the Children’s Health Insurance Program...
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