Protected: Facilitated and Automatic Enrollment Strategies
Password protected resource page for members of the Facilitated and Automatic Enrollment Strategies affinity group.
Protected: Maternal Health Roundtable
Materials from virtual Maternal Health Roundtable hosted by SHVS on September 15, 2022.
Protecting Coverage for Postpartum Individuals at the End of the Public Health Emergency
When the federal Medicaid continuous coverage requirement expires, states will redetermine eligibility for nearly all Medicaid enrollees, including roughly 1.7 million people enrolled in a Medicaid or CHIP pregnancy eligibility group. This issue brief reviews proactive strategies that states can deploy to support postpartum individuals in maintaining health coverage and access to care when the Medicaid continuous coverage guarantee ends and beyond.
SHVS Resource Page: The No Surprises Act
SHVS is tracking the latest federal guidance related to implementation and oversight of the No Surprises Act (NSA), the comprehensive federal law banning balance bills in emergency and certain non-emergency settings beginning January 1, 2022. This resource page highlights the latest SHVS resources for states on federal NSA guidance and summarizes its implications for state regulators.
Medicaid Managed Care Procurements: A Toolkit for State Medicaid Agencies
Implementing a statewide, competitive procurement for Medicaid managed care is one of the more important things state purchasers do to improve value. This toolkit is designed to help states develop a procurement process focused on improving program performance in specific areas valued by the state. It guides Medicaid agencies through key action steps and considerations in the major phases of the procurement cycle: 1) strategic procurement planning, 2) solicitation development, 3) bid review and selection, 4) contract execution, readiness review and implementation, and 5) contract management.
Medicaid Managed Care Contract Language: Health Disparities and Health Equity
This resource provides excerpts of health disparities and health equity language from Medicaid managed care (MMC) contracts and requests for proposals (RFPs) from 17 states and the District of Columbia. The criteria for inclusion in this compendium are contracts and RFPs that explicitly address health disparities and/or health equity. Website links to the full contracts are included where available.
Buying Value: Measures That Matter
On Wednesday, July 20, State Health and Value Strategies hosted a webinar facilitated by experts from Bailit Health. The webinar explored how the Buying Value suite of resources can help states, employers, consumer organizations and providers implement quality measures to incentivize high-quality, high-value healthcare. The webinar highlighted two free, Excel-based tools, the Buying Value Measure Selection Tool and the Buying Value Benchmark Repository.
Defining the “Glide Path”: State Medicaid Agencies’ Efforts to Promote Action on Social Determinants
State Medicaid agencies are increasingly exploring opportunities to incorporate “social care” into strategies for improving health, decreasing healthcare costs, and achieving equity. While some target healthcare delivery organizations, most revolve around managed care organizations (MCOs). This slide deck highlights findings from a series of interviews with 13 states that explored the choices Medicaid leaders face around selecting which monitoring mechanisms to use to ensure that social programs are implemented as they envisioned.
Protected: Affordable Health Coverage for Immigrant Populations
Password protected resource page for members of the Affordable Health Coverage for Immigrant Populations affinity group.
Protected: Coordinating the Continuous Coverage Unwinding
Password protected resource page for members of the Coordinating the Continuous Coverage Unwinding affinity group.