How Safety Net Hospitals Can Build Effective State Advocacy Strategies to Secure Medicaid Funding

Manatt outlines core advocacy tactics for safety net hospitals seeking state Medicaid funding, emphasizing the need to align proposals with state policy priorities like behavioral health and maternal health. Using New York as a case study, the piece describes how hospitals have successfully secured transformation grants and other state investments by framing requests around workforce development, emergency department redesign, and psychiatric programs. The guidance is directly relevant to Medicaid MCO partners and state officials who collaborate with safety net providers on access and delivery system improvements.

Managed Care · Behavioral Health · Maternal · Finance

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