New York Medicaid Redesign Team Recommends 79 Initiatives to Restructure State Medicaid, Reduce Spending

On February 24, 2011, New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo accepted a draft recommendations report with 79 restructuring initiatives proposed by the state’s Medicaid Redesign Team that will cap the state’s Medicaid expenditures at $15 billion. The Medicaid Redesign Team was formed on January 5, 2011; the team members were appointed January 7. Since the team started work, it has received more than 4,500 proposals. The report’s 79 recommendations include initiatives intended to redesign and restructure the Medicaid program with a goal of improving the program’s efficiency. The recommendations are based on ideas submitted by . . .