What is a Medicaid Crosswalk?

Medicaid Crosswalks provide state-specific information and recommendations for concrete strategies that advance systems alignment between housing and Medicaid.

Helping Communities Align Housing and Medicaid

Our Medicaid Crosswalks are designed to support states, managed care, and community-based organizations (CBOs) in better collaborating to address housing and services needs in their community. Developed through a collaborative, multi-step process, each state-specific Medicaid Crosswalk offers:

  • Concrete recommendations for states on policy changes and other actions they can take to increase alignment between housing and Medicaid, while addressing gaps.

  • Supports managed care in better understanding and growing their provider network to address social determinants of health needs.

  • Helps new audiences like community-based organizations understand their state Medicaid program and how their organization and clients can leverage relevant Medicaid-funded services to improve housing and health.

Smiling female doctor with a stethoscope sits at a desk in a bright medical office, reviewing Medicaid Crosswalks to better assist her patients.
Two healthcare workers wearing masks and scrubs shake hands outside a building, standing near crosswalks commonly used by patients covered under Medicaid.

Medicaid Business Cases

To help communities make the case for a Medicaid benefit, we can develop a Business Case to estimate the total cost for a housing-related services benefit. A Business Case also estimates how much money a state would save based on fewer emergency room visits, acute inpatient stays, and other costly Medicaid services.

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