The national shift to private administration of state Medicaid health benefits for poor Americans could regress for the first time in years due in part to a troubled managed-care rollout in Iowa under Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds and her GOP predecessor.
Medical device makers are pushing for a change in the federal anti-kickback statute to allow companies to fully participate in the shift away from fee-for-service medicine to value-based care.
Half of Medicaid managed care plans say they are piloting “population specific” value-based payment models, the inaugural report from the Institute for Medicaid Innovation said.
Nearly half of Medicare Advantage plans are offering new supplement benefits for 2019 that range from nicotine replacement therapy to in-home support from a caregiver or social worker, Avalere Health says in a new report.