Foundations of MED

Established in 2006, the MED project is a self-governing collaboration of state Medicaid agencies across the U.S. The project was developed as a response to the need for high quality evidence to support benefit design and coverage decisions.

Due to the self-governing nature of MED, focus remains on the issues of greatest importance to Medicaid agencies and the populations they cover.

As part of OHSU’s Center for Evidence-based Policy, the MED Project benefits from the expertise of staff working on a diverse array of healthcare policy issues. The MED Project also benefits from other healthcare policy projects at the Center, such as the Drug-Effectiveness Review Project. The MED Project provides participants with a unique set of high quality resources designed to assist Medicaid agencies in providing better healthcare and improving their use of available resources. The project provides an opportunity to transform healthcare decision-making and improve patient health outcomes by applying evidence to policy and benefit decisions.

MED participants and staff in their agencies have access to high quality, relevant evidence, training and educational opportunities, and to peer discussions in a safe and developmental forum. The MED project offers participants a level of information, consultation, policy implementation assistance and collaboration not available elsewhere. MED’s clinical evidence reports (and other resources) clarify and interpret what evidence exists, documenting its quality and relevance.