Our Work
Medicaid Innovation Collaborative enables the Medicaid ecosystem to identify and implement private sector innovations that provide Medicaid beneficiaries with the opportunity to achieve their fullest potential for health and wellbeing.
States and MCOs cite many barriers to adopting innovation that drives health equity:
Challenges States Face:
Difficult to plan long-term
Limited data visibility
Long timelines
Lack of resources
Limited knowledge sharing
Challenges Managed Care Organizations Face:
State requirements vary
Limited data visibility
Vendor evaluation is burdensome
Long time to source & onboard vendors
Low member engagement
Connecting the Ecosystem
To accelerate impact, MIC ensures that sourced innovations reflect the real-time priorities of the full Medicaid ecosystem.
MIC brings together these voices to align on the concerns, needs, and preferences of key stakeholders, to adequately frame the problems facing beneficiaries, and to evaluate potential solutions that advance health equity.
State Medicaid Agencies
Health Plans - MCOs
Other State Agencies
Medicaid Beneficiaries
Innovators
Providers
Community-Based Organizations
MIC brings together four key elements to impact states’ health equity goals:
Cross-State Collaboration
MIC members align around a common goal and engage in peer-to-peer learning and sharing of best practices
Technical Assistance
MIC members receive technical assistance to leverage policies and payment models that encourage innovation adoption and measure the impact
In-Depth Discovery
MIC facilitates comprehensive primary and secondary research to uncover the causes and consequences of health inequities in order to source the best-fit solutions
Solution Identification
MIC members identify and evaluate innovative private-sector solutions to help states and health plans meet their goals
Program Structure
1. Problem Identification
Convene a cohort of Medicaid agencies and select a health equity goal.
2. Primary Research
Conduct interviews and understand the challenges by speaking with beneficiaries.
3. Build Health Plan Partnership
Work with managed care plans to address a health inequity.
4. Benchmarking
Establish clear criteria of success and levers to implement.
5. RFI and Selection Committee
Identify private-sector innovations with high impact/ROI.
6. Innovation Showcase
Connect the state, health plans, and members with the right solution.
7. Action Planning
Develop strategies to achieve benchmarks.