Healthcare Reform
Medicaid Reform Plan
- Governor Brewer’s Medicaid Reform Package
Medicaid spending is the biggest single factor driving the state budget crisis. Medicaid’s explosive growth, nearing 65 percent over the past four years despite ongoing attempts to stem its increases, is simply unsustainable and threatens to consume the other core functions of state government.
- The Governor’s reform plan, adopted this year, charts a sustainable course for Medicaid by cutting costs, freezing enrollment where possible and implementing co-pays and other provisions common in the private insurance marketplace. Meanwhile, the plan maintains coverage for existing enrollees and preserves the program for Arizona’s most needy.
- As always, the Governor is mindful of the very real impacts of these reductions. But given our future budget outlook and the solutions enacted to date, she feels the reform plan is Arizona’s best option to restore the state’s fiscal stability and achieve a Medicaid program that is sustainable.
Governor Brewer's Press Releases on Medicaid Reform- Statement from Governor Brewer Regarding Today's Court of Appeals Hearing on Medicaid - 10/19/2011
- Governor Brewer Issues Statement Regarding Today's Prop 204 Ruling - 08/10/2011
- Statement from Governor Brewer Regarding Today's Court Action on Proposition 204 - 06/30/2011
- Governor Brewer issues statement regarding today's court decision on Proposition 204 - 06/24/2011
- Prop 204 Litigation: Response to Petition for Special Action - 06/21/2011
- Governor Brewer, AHCCCS Director Betlach File Response in Proposition 204 Litigation - 06/21/2011
- Prop 204 Litigation: Response to Petitioners' Motion for Injunctive Relief - 06/21/2011
- Governor Brewer unveils Medicaid reform package, charts sustainable future for program - 03/15/2011
- Governor Brewer unveils Medicaid reform package: Options Summary - 03/15/2011
Behavioral Health Care Integration
- AHCCCS Behavioral Health Services Guide
Individuals with Serious Mental Illness (SMI) may have to navigate as many as five different health care systems to get the care they need. Research shows that individuals with SMI die 25-32 years sooner than their peers. This is unacceptable and tragic and shows clear gaps in the services individuals with SMI are currently receiving in our fragmented system.
- Arizona is fundamentally transforming our behavioral health care delivery system into a fully integrated health service delivery model that is capable of serving the complex needs of individuals with SMI. The Arizona Department of Health Services and AHCCCS are working together to create a robust, integrated service delivery and care management system.
- When this integrated service delivery model is fully implemented, we expect to see improved behavioral and physical health outcomes as well as improvements in quality such as reduced hospitalization and less reliance on the crisis system.
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