Bailit Health

01/30/2025

A new issue brief entitled "A Menu of State Choices for Addressing Unaffordable Growth in Hospital Commercial Prices" authored for the Peterson-Milbank Program for Sustainable Health Care Costs https://bit.ly/2025-0128-bailit-milbank-brief

01/15/2025

A new blog article published for Health Affairs entitled "Can Public Option Plans Improve Affordability? Insights From Colorado". Authored by Roslyn Murray and Christopher Whaley.

11/05/2024

A new publication entitled "Addressing Health-Related Social Needs Through Medicaid Managed Care." Authored by Erin Campbell, MPH, Mary Beth Dyer, and Anna Rothenberg for State Health and Value Strategies.
https://bit.ly/2024-1031-SHVS-Addressing-HRSN

Overview
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States increasingly use Medicaid programs to enhance healthcare delivery and address health-related social needs (HRSN). This toolkit highlights various strategies states implement in their Medicaid-managed care programs to tackle HRSN. It is a valuable resource for states looking to develop managed care procurements or update contract provisions. The toolkit includes examples from 21 states and was updated in October 2024.

08/20/2024

A new article entitled "In States With Health Care Spending Targets, Spending Growth Moderated In 2022 But Still Exceeded Targets" authored by January Angeles and Jessica Mar, MPH for Health Affairs Blog

Results from the most recent cost growth target data collection in five states underscore the need for states to keep up pressure on curbing health care costs to make health care more affordable.