Enhanced medical homes.  Global bundling.  Risk-based managed care.
The list goes on.
Current efforts to find new, better, and more economical ways to serve the Medicaid population have given rise to a new language:   the language of Medicaid in the 21st century.  Some of the terms used in today’s policy discussions are old, some are new, and some are not nearly as self-explanatory as they might seem.
The Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured has compiled a glossary of these terms – a useful tool in an environment in which the federal government and state governments are constantly producing proposals for new ways to address enduring challenges.  Find the Kaiser Medicaid glossary here.