While the fight in Washington has been focused on the future of Obamacare, here in New York a healthcare revolution is well underway. Over the past several years, major changes in New York healthcare laws and regulations have...more
Earlier this month the New York State Department of Health released the first results of its recently adopted Medicaid redesign efforts, the Delivery System Reform Incentive Payment (“DSRIP”), in four core areas: (1) metric...more
Connecting Justice-Involved Populations to Health Coverage and Care - Editor’s Note: The importance of connecting justice-involved populations to health coverage and care is evident from the high levels of physical and...more
Just three weeks after releasing a "final" guidance statement on New York State and federal laws on privacy and data sharing ("Final Guidance"), the New York State Department of Health issued a revised final guidance...more
Congress passes a bill to give states greater flexibility in defining “small businesses”; South Dakota seeks to offset Medicaid expansion costs in part with increased use of the fully federally-funded Indian Health Service;...more
Lessons From the Frontlines: Strategies for Supporting Informed Consumer Decision-Making in the Health Insurance Marketplace - Editor's Note: As marketplaces prepare for the third open enrollment period, consumers are...more
Montana’s Medicaid expansion waiver seeks monthly premiums and a “third party administrator”; Rhode Island’s Medicaid working group recommends pursuing a DSRIP waiver; and Utah’s Medicaid expansion discussions are put on hold...more
Introduced originally in California and followed by Texas, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Kansas and New York, Delivery System Reform Incentive Payment or DSRIP programs are a key feature of the dynamic and evolving Medicaid...more
This week, Medicaid expansion gains traction in Montana, California submits its waiver application to renew DSRIP and to propose several new delivery system transformation and alignment initiatives, and the Supreme Court...more
In the waning days of 2014 and the first weeks of 2015, key developments have continued to unfold for Performing Provider Systems and participating providers in the Delivery System Reform Incentive Payment Program (DSRIP)....more
Designed by New York State to seek a federal waiver for the expenditure of Medicaid funds, the Delivery System Reform Incentive Program (DSRIP) will allocate 6.42 billion dollars to health care providers in New York State to...more