The national study of state healthcare payment programs examined progress made in the last 18 months.
Researchers found that the number of states and territories implementing these programs, including the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, has increased sevenfold in the last five years.
The progress year by year:
2008 — 1
2011 — 3
2012 — 4
2013 — 6
2014 — 16
2015 — 33
2016 — 40
2017 — 47
2018 — 48
Access the study findings here.
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