News and Reports

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Evidence-based Innovation Award

This Award recognizes a team or State official for using evidence to innovate and achieve improvements for their State populations.

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Medicaid Coverage of Enclosed Beds DME Workgroup Tool Now Publicly Available

The MED DME Workgroup Tool: Medicaid Coverage of Enclosed Beds examines the use of enclosed beds—specialized safety devices designed to prevent injury for children with conditions like autism spectrum disorder (ASD) or developmental disabilities. It highlights the rising use of enclosed beds—specialized safety devices for children with conditions like autism spectrum disorder (ASD) or developmental […]

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Enhancing Global Billing Practices for Medicaid Pregnancy Services Policy Brief Now Publicly Available

The MED Policy Brief: Enhancing Global Billing Practices for Medicaid Pregnancy Services examines the use of global obstetric billing in 37 state Medicaid programs, a bundled payment model covering prenatal, delivery, and postpartum care. It identifies practical challenges, such as inadequate compensation for complex pregnancies, limited data transparency due to bundled coding, and care fragmentation […]

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New MERCI Accelerated Approval Drug Briefs

The Center for Evidence-based Policy is excited to announce the release of the second set of briefs from its Medicaid Evidence and Review of Cost Initiative (MERCI) project. Focused on drugs approved through the FDA’s accelerated approval pathway, each MERCI drug brief is a case study which includes the clinical trial evidence used for FDA […]

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Washington State Health Technology Clinical Committee Report on Bariatric Surgery

We recently completed a systematic review of metabolic and bariatric surgeries for individuals with a BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2 (BMI ≥ 23 kg/m2  in some Asian populations). This work was presented to the Washington State Health Technology Clinical Committee to assist in their coverage determination. The report and associated documents are available on the Washington […]

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Expanded Monitoring of Atypical Antipsychotics

This policy brief explains current federal efforts to expand monitoring of atypical antipsychotics and discusses potential tracking and reporting practices state Medicaid agencies may consider.  In 2022, the Federal government announced several reforms aimed at improving the safety and quality of nursing home care. One particular focus has been to ensure appropriate mental health diagnoses […]

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The Colorado Multi-Payer Collaborative: A Framework for Integration of Whole-Person Care

A new resource “The Colorado Multi-Payer Collaborative: A Framework for Integration of Whole-Person Care” offers a summary of the work of the Colorado Multi-Payer Collaborative (MPC), supported by the Center for Evidence-based Policy, to develop a Framework for Integration of Whole-Person Care (adapted from the work of Thomas Bodenheimer and colleagues). The Framework was designed […]

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Care Coordination Policy and Evidence: A Compendium of MED Reports, 2017–2022

The Medicaid Evidence-based Decisions Project (MED) has published a number of reports related to care coordination, including reports focused on care management, comprehensive care, and integrated care. This compendium provides state Medicaid policymakers with a high-level synthesis of these report findings published on the MED Clearinghouse from 2017–2022, with links to the original reports. The […]

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Medicaid’s Role in Substance Use Disorder Services

The 2021 Medicaid Evidence-based Decisions Project Substance Use Workgroup Tool, Medicaid’s Role in Substance Use Disorder Services, provides an overview of the many ways state Medicaid programs address the substance use disorder (SUD) crisis in this country. The tool aims to show state leaders ways to leverage funding and improve efforts to address SUD by […]

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Nonfinancial Strategies to Increase Dentist Participation in Medicaid

This document summarizes findings from a Medicaid Evidence-based Decisions Project (MED) report on dentist participation in Medicaid titled Nonfinancial Strategies to Increase Dentist Participation in Medicaid.

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