State Innovation Models (SIM) Initiative Evaluation
Abstract
This report presents the final summary findings from the six states that received Round 1 State Innovation Models (SIM) Initiative awards in 2013—Arkansas, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Oregon, and Vermont. The SIM Initiative awarded between $33 and $45 million to each state over a 3.5- to 5-year period, with the goal of testing ways that state governments could accelerate statewide healthcare system transformation. State governments engaged in such transformation by using their policy and regulatory levers and by convening public and private stakeholders whose organizational priorities influence healthcare delivery and population health outcomes. These six states used SIM funds to complement or build upon existing efforts to transform the healthcare system into one that promotes coordination across provider types, integration of primary care and behavioral healthcare, and attention to social determinants of health
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