On the Record

"It's meant to reduce the administrative and cost burden on states — and obviously their plan partners, but mostly the states — in areas where these rules that were in place didn't necessarily translate to better patient outcomes [and] were just burdensome."

— Alex Shekhdar, vice president of federal and state policy with Medicaid Health Plans of America (MHPA) talked with AIS's RADAR on Medicare Advantage about the Trump administration's new Medicaid rule, which aims to reduce administrative burdens and streamline a similar Obama-era rule from 2016.