# Improving Technology Innovation in Medicaid Programs

> **NIH AHRQ R13** · ACADEMYHEALTH · 2021 · $42,130

## Abstract

Project Abstract
Improving Technology Innovation in Medicaid Programs
Health technology innovations have the potential to improve patient outcomes and deliver cost savings,
but these benefits have not been realized by Medicaid programs. Even when high-tech treatments are
available, Medicaid patients may be less likely to receive treatment and have worse health outcomes.
Other forms of technology innovations, including web-based platforms and applications, are also under-
evaluated and implementation lags behind user needs. The identification of pain-points and areas of
improvement are necessary for designing research and investment systems that can take advantage of
health-technology for Medicaid beneficiaries. A convening of states’ Medicaid Medical Directors would
provide the unique opportunity to understand undiscovered challenges facing Medicaid consumers and
Medicaid programs at large that may be amenable to improvement through technology innovation.
The 2021 “Workshop to Inform Technology Innovation and Research for Medicaid Programs” will utilize
the Design Thinking Process to guide clinician leaders through a shared discovery and understanding of
the needs of Medicaid beneficiaries and they will ideate prototypes of solution to address beneficiary
needs. Baseline information about technology-amenable challenges faced by Medicaid beneficiaries will
be collected through pre-workshop surveys. Building on the pre-workshop activities, the workshop
organizers will guide participants during the first phase of the workshop to brainstorm and identify areas
of promise to pursue. The second phase of the workshop will iteratively enable clinician leaders to
ideate prototype solutions. Post-workshop activities will organize, synthesize, codify, and disseminate
the workshop findings so that that policy, research, and innovation ecosystems can prioritize their
activities to improve Medicaid beneficiaries lives through innovative use of technology.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10295593
- **Project number:** 1R13HS028546-01
- **Recipient organization:** ACADEMYHEALTH
- **Principal Investigator:** Susan Kennedy
- **Activity code:** R13 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** AHRQ
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $42,130
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 2021-08-03 → 2022-08-02

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10295593

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10295593, Improving Technology Innovation in Medicaid Programs (1R13HS028546-01). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10295593. Licensed CC0.

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