Medicare and inflation
James C. Capretta | Apr 18, 2022 | Federal
Implications of the President’s 2023 budget for health care
James C. Capretta | Mar 29, 2022 | Federal
The status of Public Health Emergency declarations
James C. Capretta | Mar 16, 2022 | Federal
State of Reform’s spring conference schedule
Matt Beuschlein | Mar 2, 2022 | Federal
Medicare Advantage in 2022
James C. Capretta | Mar 1, 2022 | Federal
Medicare-directed managed care has come a long way in four decades. What began in 1985 as a limited option available only in select markets—it was initially known as “HMO risk contracting”—has evolved into Medicare Advantage (MA), which is a major book of business for much of the private health insurance
Vern Smith, the new host for State of Reform
Matt Beuschlein | Mar 1, 2022 | Federal
We are pleased to announce that health policy veteran and HMA Senior Advisor Vern Smith, PhD, will serve as the moderator for our upcoming State of Reform spring events. Dr. Smith is a nationally lauded expert in Medicaid, Medicare, CHIP, state budgets, and trends in the health care marketplace. He
Florida health leaders spur discussions on behavioral health reform, value-based care
Nicole Pasia | Feb 25, 2022 | Federal, Florida
Four insightful health care leaders offered an on-the-ground look at Florida's health care system at our 2022 Federal State of Reform Health Policy Conference earlier this month. Highly-discussed topics included behavioral health, community-based care, and moving towards value-based payment models. Joining the conversation was Beth Kidder, managing principal at Health
Video: Morning Keynote: One on one conversations on health reform
Patrick Jones | Feb 25, 2022 | Colorado, Federal, Oregon, Texas
Some of health care’s most insightful leaders joined us on our morning keynote at our 2022 State of Reform Federal Health Policy Conference to talk about what they’re watching in their states and throughout the country. They discussed how their states handled the pandemic, advice they would give to health
Video: How COVID has changed our health care system
Nicole Pasia | Feb 23, 2022 | Federal, Hawaii, Maryland, Michigan
Health leaders from three corners of the country reflected on their experiences addressing the COVID-19 pandemic over the last two years at the 2022 State of Reform Federal Health Policy Conference. Discussions on the importance of addressing disparities with data, workforce reform, and more took place at the “How COVID
Background on CMMI’s Direct Contracting Model
James C. Capretta | Feb 18, 2022 | Federal
The Biden administration has come under pressure in recent weeks to modify, or even pull back entirely, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation’s Direct Contracting Model, which was originally developed during the Trump era. (The administration has indicated it will announce its plans for the model “soon”.) The following