CHCS June 13, 2019
Medicaid directors are uniquely situated to stimulate innovations in health policy and practice to enhance care, address complex health and social needs, manage costs, and, ultimately, improve health outcomes for the nearly one in four Americans currently enrolled in Medicaid. However, there are few formal opportunities for these state agency directors and their senior staff to strengthen the leadership skills and capacity to drive innovations toward these goals.
For more than a decade, Ed O’Neil, PhD, MPA, has provided leadership training for Medicaid directors participating in the Medicaid Leadership Institute — a national initiative led by CHCS and made possible by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation — as well as training for senior managers participating in CHCS’ State Academies. CHCS...