Is Primary Care Adapting to Medicaid Managed Care in North Carolina? Implications for Expansion and Future Managed Care Transitions

Lydia Newman; Stan Taylor; Denise Levis Hewson; Tom Wroth

doi:10.18043/001c.94872

Is Primary Care Adapting to Medicaid Managed Care in North Carolina? Implications for Expansion and Future Managed Care Transitions

N C Med J. 2024 Mar;85(2):121-124. doi: 10.18043/001c.94872.

Authors

Lydia Newman¹, Stan Taylor¹, Denise Levis Hewson¹, Tom Wroth¹

Affiliation

¹ Community Care of North Carolina.

PMID: 39412319
DOI: 10.18043/001c.94872

Abstract

Realizing North Carolina's comprehensive vision for Medicaid transformation requires strengthening the state's primary care infrastructure. This can be done by build-ing upon the value-based care incentives in the Advanced Medical Home model, strengthening payor data, aligning quality measures, easing administrative burdens, investing in primary care and its workforce pipeline, and ensuring pay-ment models adequately support serving Medicaid expan-sion and the growing number of Medicaid health plans.

Keywords: Lydia Newman; Medicaid; North Carolina; Tom Wroth; advanced medical home; health; health care; health policy; primary care; public health.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Humans
Managed Care Programs* / organization & administration
Medicaid*
North Carolina
Primary Health Care* / organization & administration
United States