Healthcare Delivery
Governors know that improving the health of citizens is not only essential to ensuring they live productive lives, but also to controlling health care costs and balancing budgets; as a result, states are leading on a wide array of health reform initiatives.
Governors are focused on finding ways to pay for and deliver care that will lead to improved quality, better outcomes and lower costs in their states. To support these priorities, NGA provides information, research synthesis, policy analysis, technical assistance, special projects, and resources to Governors and their staff on healthcare delivery topics including: Healthcare workforce; Long-term care and older adults; Healthcare and pharmaceutical cost and coverage; Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and trauma informed care; Health equity. NGA also provides special opportunities for states to engage in more in-depth technical assistance such as through policy academies, learning collaboratives, workshops, and roundtables on these topics.
Services Available
- Strategic planning facilitation and best practice guidance on healthcare delivery topics or initiatives
- Strategic guidance, feedback and meeting facilitation support to Governor-appointed healthcare workforce, health equity, trauma, and insurance boards or commissions
- Annual HHS Advisors Institute for state leaders on emerging healthcare delivery issues
- Regular communications and briefings to health policy advisors on healthcare delivery topics
- Customized research briefs and best practice presentations upon request
Program Contact:
- Anna Heard, Senior Policy Analyst, Health
- Chyenne Tran, Policy Analyst
- Grace Burns, Policy Coordinator
Focus Areas
Featured Projects
NGA launched the Next Generation of the Healthcare Workforce project in 2022 with support from HRSA. The project supports Governors’ offices and other senior state officials in implementing strategies to strengthen and grow the next generation of the healthcare workforce. Year three of this project will focus on a policy academy and learning network to lay the foundation for new initiatives, funding opportunities, or administrative policies for improving healthcare workforce.
Health Equity Learning Network
In 2023, the NGA Center convened states to discuss approaches and communication strategies regarding health equity. In 2024, the NGA Center will facilitate a learning network of states and territories interested in advancing their health equity goals.
Healthcare Delivery Library
National Recovery Month – 2022
Supporting and Sustaining Access to Harm Reduction Services for People Who Use Drugs
Behavioral Health Equity for All Communities: Policy Solutions to Advance Equity Across the Crisis Continuum
Expanding Access to Medications for Opioid Use Disorder Treatment for Justice-Involved Populations Under Community Supervision: Best Practices from Four States
State efforts to expand the healthcare workforce
