Welcome to the Special Needs Plans "Go-To" Place

The National Health Policy Group (NHPG) is a leading health care policy and consulting group with a special focus on improving policy and practice for health plans and providers that serve high-risk Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries. NHPG provides strategic planning and government relations services to health plans and providers, trade associations, health care coalitions, state agencies and other stakeholders in the areas of specialty care for high-risk beneficiaries.

 

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Our Mission

Our mission is to provide you with the latest information on Special Needs Plans (SNPs) policy, with access to key government sites and advocacy materials, which is why we established The SNP Alliance in 2003. The SNP Alliance is a special coalition of leading plans and providers serving special needs beneficiaries. By focusing our energies on refining risk-adjusted payment methods for high-risk beneficiaries, advancing the integration of Medicare and Medicaid, improving performance measurement, and demonstrating the added value of Special Needs Plans through legislative and regulatory advocacy, we hope to better serve America's most vulnerable, highest-cost and fastest-growing group of beneficiaries — frail elders, adults with disabilities and other persons with multiple, complex care needs. (Go to "About SNPs" for more information on Special Needs Plans and click here for more information on SNP Alliance policies.)

For further information on NHPG and The SNP Alliance or to share comments about what information and web-based services would be most helpful to you, please contact us.

In the News:

The SNP Alliance Recently Published the Following Reports:

SNP Alliance Strategy for Health Care Reform - Full Report

SNP Alliance Strategy for Health Care Reform - Two-Page Executive Summary 

SNP Gold Standards Framework - Full Report

SNP Gold Standards Framework - Two-Page Executive Summary

SNP Alliance Profile and Advanced Practice Report - Full Report

SNP Alliance Profile and Advanced Practice Report - Two-Page Executive Summary

Press Release on SNP Alliance Profile and Advanced Practice Report

Health Care Reform Proposals

Obama Health Care Reform Proposal

Call to Action: Health Care Reform 2009, Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus' Vision for Health Reform

 

Medicare Modernization Act Strengthens and Extends SNPs

Visit the Advocacy "Toolbox" section of this site to see legislative text, section-by-section summaries and additional resources on recent SNP legislation, including H.R. 6331, "The Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008," enacted into Public Law 110-275 in July 2008.