Tuesday, December 1, 2015, 1 to 2 p.m. EST — The only thing more important than offering healthcare coverage through Medicaid or an insurance exchange is making sure that people actually sign up. That’s why outreach and enrollment initiatives are vital.
During this webinar, HMA Principal Cathy Kaufmann will report on various efforts by states, health plans and advocacy groups to maximize their outreach and enrollment efforts. The goal: making sure that all those eligible for healthcare coverage – even the hardest to reach populations – understand their options and get signed up.
Thursday, November 19, 2015, 1 to 2 p.m. EST — Medicaid enrollment and spending both rose nearly 14 percent in fiscal 2015 among 50 states and the District of Columbia, according to the 15th annual Medicaid budget survey from the Kaiser Family Foundation’s Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured (KCMU). Spending growth is expected to slow to 6.9 percent in fiscal 2016, while enrollment growth slows to 4 percent, the study projects.
What’s driving these trends, and what are states doing to improve healthcare quality while controlling costs? That’s the topic of this webinar from Health Management Associates, which works with KCMU each year to conduct the survey. HMA Managing Principals Eileen Ellis, Kathy Gifford, and Vern Smith will outline key findings from the budget survey and discuss what it all means for the future of Medicaid.
Wednesday, November 18, 2015, 1 to 2 p.m. EST — CCOs, RCOs, ACOs, Medicaid managed care, 1115 Waivers, 1332 Waivers, block grants, DSRIP, consumerism, integrated care, managed long-term care, patient-centered medical homes, duals demonstrations, evidence-based care. Let’s face it. There is a wide variety of economic and service delivery models emerging to serve the nation’s rapidly growing Medicaid population. While the use of Medicaid managed care continues to increase, other models are vying for relevance – and attracting interest and attention.
During this webinar, HMA managing principal Tina Edlund and principals Barbara Coulter Edwards and Steve Fitton will provide a high-level, strategic look at trends in state Medicaid programs – with an emphasis on how innovations in payment reform, service integration, and coordinated care models may impact the future of Medicaid. They have decades of government policy experience – Fitton as former Michigan Medicaid director; Edlund as chief of policy for the Oregon Health Authority; and Edwards as director of CMS’s Disabled and Elderly Health Programs Group.
Tuesday, November 17, 2015, 1 to 2 p.m. EST — Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) continue to struggle with dramatic changes in the way in which healthcare is financed in a post-ACA world. The shift to value-based payments is the latest test. The question is whether FQHCs are equipped to accept value-based payments while remaining financially sustainable.
During this webinar, HMA experts will outline a step-by-step readiness assessment that FQHCs can implement to measure their ability to successfully take on risk under a value-based payment model. The webinar will also provide case studies of FQHCs that have successfully entered into a variety of risk-sharing arrangements, providing important lessons about how FQHCs are adapting to new funding mechanisms.
Thursday, November 12, 2015, 1 to 2 p.m. EST — Oregon is host to the nation’s biggest experiment in Medicaid managed care. Unlike most states, which rely on Medicaid managed care plans, Oregon has enrolled 90% of its Medicaid population in newly formed Coordinated Care Organizations. These CCOs are networks of local providers who care for a population of Medicaid members under a fixed global budget – with an emphasis on care coordination, integrated care, wellness, and chronic disease management. During this webinar, HMA Managing Principal Tina Edlund and Principals Cathy Kaufmann and Sean Kolmer, will provide a status report on the Oregon initiative, including key components of the model, initial quality and cost results, and the likelihood that CCOs represent the Medicaid managed care model of the future.
Wednesday, November 11, 2015, 1 to 2 p.m. EST — America is aging. By 2030, approximately one in five Americans will be 65 or older. This age wave will have dramatic implications for the financing and delivery of government-sponsored social programs, including Medicaid and Medicare-Medicaid dual eligibles.
During this webinar, our experts will outline the challenges that an aging population poses for Medicaid health plans, state Medicaid programs, and dual eligibles initiatives. They will also provide a roadmap to the type of innovative partnerships required among payers, providers and policy makers to better serve this population.
