北达科他州卫生与公众服务厅获全国表彰：医院按价值付费Medicaid项目获聚光灯奖
北达科他州卫生与公众服务厅10月22日宣布，该厅获得全国Medicaid主任协会颁发的202 6年度"聚光灯奖"，表彰其医院按价值付费项目的创新实践。
据州卫生与公众服务厅官网当日发布的消息，该奖项肯定了北达科他州医院按价值付费（value-based purchasing）项目：这一项目采用基于绩效的支付框架，把对医院的付款与医疗质量挂钩，以此提升医疗服务质量、改善Medicaid参保人的健康结果，而非单纯按服务量付费。
全国Medicaid主任协会是各州Medicaid项目负责人的全国性组织，其"聚光灯奖"旨在表彰在Medicaid管理创新方面表现突出的州级项目。北达科他州此次获奖，意味着该州把支付手段与质量目标挂钩的做法获得了同行的全国性认可。
州卫生与公众服务厅表示，按价值付费是该州近年来推动Medicaid体系从"按量付费"转向"按质付费" 改革的重要一环。此次获奖对该州继续用支付杠杆撬动医疗质量提升是一个肯定，相关经验也有望供
其他州参考。
North Dakota Department of Health and Human Services Receives National Honor: Hospital Value-Based Purchasing Medicaid Program Wins Spotlight Award
The North Dakota Department of Health and Human Services announced on October 22 that it has received the 2026 'Spotlight Award' from the National Association of Medicaid Directors, recognizing the innovative practices of its hospital value-based purchasing program.
According to the department's website that day, the award recognizes North Dakota's hospital value-based purchasing program, which uses a performance-based payment framework that ties hospital payments to care quality to improve service quality and health outcomes for Medicaid members, rather than paying purely by volume of services.
The National Association of Medicaid Directors is the national organization of state Medicaid program directors, and its Spotlight Award honors state programs that excel in Medicaid management innovation. North Dakota's award signals national peer recognition for linking payment methods to quality goals.
The department said value-based purchasing is a key part of North Dakota's recent push to shift its Medicaid system from 'paying for volume' to 'paying for quality.' The award affirms the state's continued use of payment levers to drive care quality improvements, and its experience may serve as a reference for other states.
来源：GSM·美国（原文链接）
图片来源：北达科他州议会大厦 / North Dakota State Capitol, Bismarck — Indies1, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
