The New York State Medicaid Redesign Team (MRT) has launched
MRT News, a quarterly publication designed to highlight specific MRT initiatives that are currently being implemented, and detail how working collaboratively on these programs will ultimately enhance the lives of Medicaid members throughout New York State.
The Medicaid Redesign Team was formed in 2011 and tasked by NY Governor Andrew Cuomo to find ways to reduce costs and increase quality and efficiency in the Medicaid program for the 2011-12 Fiscal Year. As part of its work, the Team sought ideas from the public at large, as well as experts in health care delivery and insurance, the health care workforce, economics, business, consumer rights and other relevant areas.
Recently Governor Cuomo announced that New York Medicaid spending finished the 2011-12 fiscal year $14 million under the Medicaid Global Spending Cap without reducing benefits, while providing health insurance coverage to an additional 140,000 low income New Yorkers.
To effectively track Medicaid spending as well as to better understand what factors are driving the trends, NYS has contracted with Salient to provide a state-of-the-art visual data mining technology that allows analysts to drill down into data – even down to the individual patient or provider level – so as to understand what factors are driving spending. Information can be geo-mapped and outlier providers can be clearly identified for targeted interventions. Thanks to the Salient Medicaid solution, New York is well positioned to not only ensure that state taxpayers get their money's worth when it comes to Medicaid, but to ensure that budget neutrality is maintained under a new waiver.
Click
HERE for a full copy of the August 2012 issue of MRT News, and look for the Salient data charts on pages 4,5,6 and 7.
Source: Salient
