Key points
- ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø is collaborating with partners to improve health and control healthcare costs.
- ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø and partners are targeting six common and costly health conditions with 18 proven interventions
Background
The 6|18 Initiative connects healthcare purchasers, payers, and providers with ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø researchers, economists, and policy analysts to find ways to improve health and control costs. Together, ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø and partners are targeting six common and costly health conditions with 18 proven interventions to help make health and cost decisions by:
- Giving partners rigorous evidence about high-burden health conditions and related interventions.
- Highlighting disease-prevention interventions to increase their coverage, use, and quality.
- Aligning proven preventive practices with value-based ways of paying for healthcare.
With this information, partners can make decisions that improve people’s health and help control costs.
Priorities
- Provides peer-to-peer support, webinars, and quarterly calls with state Medicaid programs working with Public Health Departments to carry out 6|18 interventions.
- Works with State Medicaid Agency-Public Health Department teams to understand and share best practices for applying 6|18 interventions.
- Helps private insurance payers identify 6|18 interventions that will help their beneficiaries.
- Collaborates with healthcare providers who are increasing their ability to deliver the 6|18 interventions that improve preventive services and patient care.
Resources
- 6|18 Fact Sheet
- To learn more about strengthening partnerships between state health departments and Medicaid agencies visit .