1.0KFF Health Newshttps://kffhealthnews.orgkhnphilipghttps://kffhealthnews.org/news/author/khnphilipg/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="y408TKw79n"><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/evaluations-of-medicaid-experiments-by-states-cms-are-weak-gao-says/">Evaluations Of Medicaid Experiments By States, CMS Are Weak, GAO Says</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/evaluations-of-medicaid-experiments-by-states-cms-are-weak-gao-says/embed/#?secret=y408TKw79n" width="600" height="338" title="“Evaluations Of Medicaid Experiments By States, CMS Are Weak, GAO Says” — KFF Health News" data-secret="y408TKw79n" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> https://kffhealthnews.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/states-wallet.jpg1350899States often get federal approval to test new approaches to improve Medicaid services or expand coverage. But the GAO study found that too often these efforts are not adequately evaluated or the results are not available in a timely manner.