The director of the new Governor’s Office of Health Transformation hopes to avoid cuts that would threaten the program’s long-term sustainability.
By Doug Trapp, amednews staff. Posted Feb. 3, 2011.
Ohio Gov. John Kasich has created an executive office to reorganize Ohio’s Medicaid program by improving its care coordination and preventive care. He also expects the effort to help close the state’s fiscal 2012-13 budget deficit of up to $8 billion and guide implementation of parts of the national health reform law.
On Jan. 13, Kasich appointed Greg Moody as director of the new office, the Governor’s Office of Health Transformation. Moody had been a consultant with Health Management Associates Inc. since 2004. He also was a staffer on the House Budget Committee when Kasich was its chair in the mid- to late 1990s.