2022 Membership

2022 Adopted Charges

The Health Innovations (B) Working Group shall:

1. Gather and share information, best practices, experience and data to inform and support health innovation at the state and national levels, including, but not limited to, state flexibility options through the ACA and other health insurance-related policy initiatives.
2. Discuss state innovations related to health care—i.e., access, insurance plan designs, underlying medical and prescription drug costs, stability for health care and insurance as a whole, health insurer and provider consolidation or competition, the use of data in regulatory and policy decision-making, and health care delivery and financing models—to achieve better patient outcomes and lower spending trends.
3. Explore sources and methods for state insurance regulators to obtain data to inform health reform initiatives.
4. Disseminate materials and reports, via the NAIC, to the states and the U.S. territories wishing to utilize the information gathered by the Working Group.
5. Take up other matters as directed by the Health Insurance and Managed Care (B) Committee.

2021/2022 Adopted Charges from the Special (EX) Committee on Race and Insurance

The Health Innovations (B) Working Group shall:

1. Evaluate mechanisms to resolve disparities through improving access to care, including the efficacy of telehealth as a mechanism for addressing access issues; the use of alternative payment models and value-based payments and their impact on exacerbating or ameliorating disparities and social determinants of health; and programs to improve access to historically underserved communities.