The Governor’s Office of Health Transformation will coordinate efforts of the state health department, department of aging and Medicaid program. Ohio faces an $8 billion budget gap and Medicaid is among the most expensive state programs.
Noting the state has extensive regulatory powers and its Medicaid program pays providers a great deal of money, Gov. Kasich said “we could use that as leverage to assist the private sector in terms of driving reform on outcomes, on payments.”
Greg Moody, the head of the new office, was previously with the Columbus, Ohio, office of Health Management Associates, a national, independent health care consulting firm based in Lansing, Mich.
Theodore Wymyslo, Gov. Kasich’s new health director, is a proponent of using physician-led teams of nurses, physician assistants and disease educators so that physicians can spend more time with sicker patients.
Read the Bloomberg report on Medicaid.
Read more coverage on state efforts to revamp their Medicaid programs:
– Governors Want Reform Law Changed So They Can Reduce Medicaid Coverage
– New Governor of New York Planning to Cut Medicaid
– Several States Discuss Ending Medicaid
