Fifty American states have 50 different Medicaid programs.  While no two state Medicaid programs are alike, the people who run those programs often share common concerns, problems, and priorities.

national association of medicaid directorsThe National Association of Medicaid Directors has surveyed its members on the challenges they face, their priorities, and the matters they see occupying most of their time in the coming years.  Among the areas the survey explored are:

  • budgets
  • Affordable Care Act implementation
  • relationships with others in their state government, federal agencies, and regulators
  • program integrity
  • innovations like bundled payments, accountable care organizations, demonstration projects, delivery system reform and improvements, and challenges in the area of long-term services and supports

Find out how the country’s 50 Medicaid directors view the challenges they face in the coming year in State Medicaid Operations Survey:  Third Annual Survey of Medicaid Directors, which you can find here.