State sends $500M to community groups to run new Medicaid pilot

State officials are funneling hundreds of millions to community health providers as the state begins its long-awaited Medicaid experiment, which will use the public health dollars in ways they haven’t been used before.Nine regional organizations, including three in the city, are set to receive $500 million over the next three years to coordinate the state’s long-awaited Medicaid pilot program, known as the 1115 waiver, Gov. Kathy Hochul said Wednesday.The $7.5-billion-program is designed to test new ways for New York to use Medicaid dollars, including on rent payments, fresh produce and non-medical transportation.The awardees will operate social care networks, which will be responsible for screening the state’s 7 million-plus Medicaid enrollees and connecting them with social services. The networks will also work with a dedicated Medicaid plan to coordinate payments among other community-based organizations that provide housing, nutrition assistance and transportation.  Organizations tapped to run the 1115 waiver networks range from physician associations to public health nonprofits. The networks are scattered across the state, and three will oversee the Medicaid pilot in New York City.Tribeca-based nonprofit Public Health Solutions will operate a social care network for Medicaid enrollees in Manhattan, Queens and Brooklyn, while Northwell Health subsidiary Staten Island Provider Payment Systems will lead the pilot for that borough. SOMOS Community Care, a politically... Continue reading at 'Crains New York'

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