A Look at New or Expanded Medicaid and Public Health Partnerships from 2025: Findings from A Survey of State Medicaid Programs
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Description
Identifies themes from a survey of state Medicaid directors regarding new or expanded public health initiatives that were implemented in fiscal year (FY) 2025 or planned for FY 2026. Summarizes initiatives related to maternal and child health, child and youth mental health, opioid use disorder (OUD), lead screening, infectious disease, and workforce. Describes rural-related initiatives and examples throughout.
Author(s)
Alisha Rao, Anna Mudumala, Elizabeth Hinton, Cory Caldwell
Date
05/2026
Organization
KFF
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· Behavioral health
· Children and youth
· Health screening
· Health workforce
· Illicit drug use
· Medicaid
· Policy
· Prescription drug misuse
· Public health
· State-by-state