1. Discuss Medicaid program restructuring in NYS. Identify the goals associated with this restructuring and describe the impact upon the beneficiary and the health care sector. Under what circumstances would you expect a Medicaid managed care plan to save money for a state Medicaid agency?
2. How would you design a pay-performance system that uses powerful incentives to motivate behavior, yet keep the behavior from veering into the unethical? (Hint: You want to keep the powerful incentive effect of pay. So don’t recommend eliminating incentive pay or reducing the size of the incentive component.) What’s left?