
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 and resources to Governors and their staff on healthcare topics. NGA provides states with technical assistance in the following areas: delivery and payment system transformation, substance use disorder and addiction, adverse childhood experiences and trauma, health equity, improving outcomes and reducing cost of care for complex populations, system-level behavioral health and primary care integration, and capacity building in rural and underserved areas. NGA also provides special project opportunities such as policy academies, learning collaboratives, workshops, and roundtables on these topics.
Meet the Team
- Dr. Shelby Hockenberry, Program Director
- Anna Heard, Senior Policy Analyst, Health
- Eli McCabe, Policy Analyst
- Abigail Smith Judstra, Policy Coordinator
Healthcare Delivery Library
Governors, Physicians Call For End To Nation’s Opioid Epidemic
Governors Make Recommendations To Address National Opioid Epidemic
NGA Helps Alabama Secure Medicaid Waiver Approval
State, Local Leaders Expand Efforts to Treat Opioid Overdoses
Medicaid Health Care Purchasing Compendium
Medicaid Data and Reporting
Leveraging Gubernatorial Executive Authorities to Maximize Scope of Practice for the Health Care Workforce During an Influenza Pandemic Roundtable

Health Investments that Pay Off: Strategies to Improve Oral Health
Health Insurance Marketplaces
Healthcare Delivery Topics
- Adverse Childhood Experiences and Trauma
- Health Equity
- Healthcare Cost And Coverage
- Healthcare Workforce
- Substance Use Disorder and Addiction
Healthcare Delivery Projects

Next Generation of the Healthcare Workforce Project

Improving Care For Stimulant And Polysubstance Use

Improving Outcomes for Individuals with Opioid Use Disorder on Community Supervision
