The U.S. health care system is currently undergoing significant change. Much of the change happening today is focused on finding ways to pay for and deliver care that will lead to improved quality, better outcomes and lower costs. 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.
NGA Resources
Governors Applaud Bipartisan Cooperation on Opioids, Urge Further Action by Congress
WASHINGTON—Today the National Governors Association (NGA) Chair Governor Steve Bullock and Vice Chair Governor Larry Hogan sent a letter to Senate leadership urging continued bipartisan action to combat the opioid ...
Opioid Crisis Legislation
Letter to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer regarding passage of legislation geared toward combatting the opioid epidemic. DOWNLOAD THE LETTER Full text August 16, ...
Health Care Workforce Redesign
Scope of Practice Scope of practice defines the types of services that a particular health care worker can provide as well as the circumstances under which such services can be ...
Return on Investment and Prevention
With national attention on transforming health care systems, governors and other state leaders are focused on finding interventions that improve population health and health care quality while reducing health care ...
State Options Under ACA Section 1332
Section 1332 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) gives states significant flexibility to change many elements of their individual and small group private health insurance markets. The ACA provided flexibility ...
State Insurance Marketplace Options
States have regulatory oversight authority over large portions of their private health insurance markets. The NGA Center for Best Practices (NGA Center) works with states to help them understand the ...
Data-Informed Policy
Data can serve as an extremely powerful tool to set governors’ priorities and inform their decision-making. State leaders are in a unique position to use data to create policies that ...
State Health Innovations and State Innovation Models
Through the State Innovation Models (SIM) initiative, 38 states (including territories and the District of Columbia) have received financial and technical support from the federal government to design or test ...
State Health Reform Initiatives
The U.S. health care system is currently undergoing significant change. Much of the change happening today is focused on finding ways to pay for and deliver care that will lead ...
NGA Announces Three New Health Initiatives With States
WASHINGTON —The National Governors Association (NGA) announced three new health policy initiatives today to assist states. NGA’s Harnessing the Power of Data to Achieve State Policy Goals: The Foundation for State Success ...
