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50-state Medicaid director survey released: states focus on quality and outcomes amid waiver changes

The Kaiser Family Foundation

Results of the 18th annual Medicaid Budget Survey were released Oct. 24, 2018 and examine changes taking place in Medicaid in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. The Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) and HMA conduct the survey in partnership with the National Association of Medicaid Directors.

Key findings of the study include:

  • A growing number of states are implementing or planning to implement Section 1115 waivers
  • Risk-based managed care continues to be the predominant deliver system for Medicaid services
  • States are working to address social determinants of health
  • Expansion of people served in in-home and community-based settings
  • States are planning provider rate increases, increase in benefits for mental health and substance use disorder treatment and efforts to address rising prescription drug costs and management strategies to address the opioid crisis.

The report was prepared by Kathleen Giff­ord, Eileen Ellis, Barbara Coulter Edwards, and Aimee Lashbrook from HMA, and by Elizabeth Hinton, Larisa Antonisse, and Robin Rudowitz from the Kaiser Family Foundation.

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