And so, while we provide a variety of on-the-ground examples for states and MCOs to learn from in our Roadmap for Medicaid Prevention Pathways, we recognized the need to do a deeper dive beyond just what is being funded, but how those decisions are being made and implemented. We selected two states (Washington and Oregon) and an ACO (Nationwide Children’s Hospital) involved in innovative upstream and population health activities and profiled how those states/ACO have been so successful. These case studies have also been published by the National Academy of Medicine, as part of the Roundtable on Population Health Improvement, on their Perspectives site: https://nam.edu/perspectives/
Acknowledgements
Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Nemours would like to extend our thanks to Kelly Kelleher, MD, Director of the Center for Innovation in Pediatric Practice and Vice President of Health Services Research at the Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital (NCH) for his time and thoughtful review of the case study, as well as his commitment to the overall “Pathways through Medicaid to Prevention: Realizing the Promise of Population Health” project. We would also like to thank his colleagues at NCH, Steve Allen, MD, MBA (CEO) and Timothy Robinson (Executive Vice President and CFO), for their time and effort spent reviewing and providing feedback on the case study.
Washington State
Nemours would like to extend our thanks to MaryAnne Lindeblad, BSN, MPH, Medicaid Director for the Washington State Health Care Authority (HCA) for her time and thoughtful review of the case study, as well as her commitment to the overall “Pathways through Medicaid to Prevention: Realizing the Promise of Population Health” project. We would also like to thank her colleagues at HCA, Laura Zaichkin (Deputy Chief Policy Officer) and Kennedy Soileau (Associate Director of Communications), for their time and effort spent reviewing and providing feedback on the case study.
Oregon
Nemours would like to extend our thanks to Maggie Bennington-Davis, MD, Chief Medical Officer at Health Share of Oregon for her time and thoughtful review of the case study, as well as her commitment to the overall “Pathways through Medicaid to Prevention: Realizing the Promise of Population Health” project. In addition, we would like to acknowledge the following collaborators from the Oregon Health Authority for the time and effort they spent reviewing and providing feedback on the case study: Sara Beaudrault (Policy Analyst, Office of the State Public Health Director), Lisa Bui (Quality Improvement Director, Health Policy and Analytics Division), Luci Longoria (Health Promotion Manager, Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention Section), and Scott Montegna (Health Systems Coordinator, Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention Section). Finally, we would like to acknowledge the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation who provided the funding for this project.
