RevCycle Intelligence December 22, 2016
Medicaid directors plan to focus on implementing more healthcare payment reform and value-based care models in 2017, a recent NAMD survey revealed.
Delivery system and healthcare payment reform, especially through value-based care, topped the list of 2017 Medicaid priorities, according to the annual State Medicaid Operations Survey from the National Association of Medicaid Directors (NAMD).
Roughly half of the 47 state Medicaid agencies surveyed ranked delivery system and healthcare payment reform as one of their top three priorities in 2017, making it the most popular area of focus in the coming year across states.
Healthcare reform was also the most common long-term objective for Medicaid programs. Eight states pinpointed delivery system and payment reform as one of their long-term strategic...