North Carolina’s Transformation to Medicaid Managed Care

Abstract

As North Carolina’s Medicaid program transitions from fee-for-service to managed care, the Department of Health and Human Services is committed to building an innovative, whole-person-centered and well-coordinated system of care that addresses both medical and non-medical drivers of health. Delivering on that vision, and improving the health and well-being of North Carolinians, means shifting from thinking of payers as exclusively buying medical services to thinking of them as buying health for their beneficiaries. Operationalizing this complex work will require strong partnership from stakeholders across the state and will also provide North Carolina an opportunity to help drive a national agenda centered around how to buy good health.