Medicaid is testing numerous new alternative payment and delivery system models to enhance the coordination of the health care services provided to millions of low-income Americans. This briefing examined the range of Medicaid’s efforts to improve care and promote value, including integrating health with non-clinical and behavioral services, creating managed care organizations, and instituting regional care collaborative organizations. Our panel also addressed Medicaid’s role in managing emerging issues such as the opioid epidemic and the spread of the Zika virus.

Deborah Bachrach, partner, Manatt Health

Gretchen Hammer, Medicaid director, Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing

Benjamin Sommers, assistant professor of health policy and economics, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Marilyn Serafini of the Alliance for Health Reform and Rachel Nuzum of The Commonwealth Fund, will co-moderate the discussion.

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The Alliance for Health Reform gratefully acknowledges the support of The Commonwealth Fund for this event.

Transcript

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Speaker Presentations

Rachel Nuzum Presentation (Adobe Acrobat PDF)
Deborah Bachrach Presentation (Adobe Acrobat PDF)
Gretchen Hammer Presentation (Adobe Acrobat PDF)
Benjamin Sommers Presentation (Adobe Acrobat PDF)

Event Details

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Speaker Biographies (Adobe Acrobat PDF)