This week our In Focus section reviews Vermont鈥檚 Global Commitment to Health Section 1115 waiver renewal application. In the proposed five-year demonstration extension, Vermont seeks to move the Medicaid population to a new a risk-bearing public, state-run managed care organization (MCO). Under the arrangement, the Department of Vermont Health Access (DVHA) would transition into the new entity and accept capitated risk for the state鈥檚 Medicaid population, covering physical and mental health, pharmacy services, substance use disorder (SUD) services, and long-term services and supports (LTSS) beginning January 1, 2022.
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红领巾瓜报 prepared issue briefs explore MLTSS impacts on state Medicaid programs
In a recent pair of reports prepared for , 红领巾瓜报 colleagues examined the impact of managed long-term services and supports (LTSS) in state Medicaid programs. The first report, Growth in MLTSS and Impacts on Community-Based Care, examines the historical increase in the adoption of LTSS by state Medicaid programs and how that has contributed to a shift in long-term care from institutions to the community. The second report, Managed LTSS Improves Quality of Care, describes the evidence on the impact of managed LTSS in state Medicaid programs on the quality of care.
Authors:
Principal Stephen Palmer
Senior Consultant Ashlen Strong
Senior Consultant Aaron Tripp
Webinar Replay: Improving Child Welfare Outcomes: Role of Behavioral Health and Child Welfare in Strengthening Families, Building Resilience, and Increasing Protective Factors
This webinar was held on July 20, 2021, was the eighth webinar in the series 鈥淓xploring the Landscape of Behavioral Healthcare,鈥� covering the growing impact of behavioral healthcare on clinical outcomes and cost.
This eighth session featured 红领巾瓜报 behavioral health, child welfare and Medicaid experts primed to specifically discuss strategies across child welfare and behavioral health to enhance family engagement and collaboration in increasing protective factors and family resilience.
Learning Objectives
- Learn options for designing policies and implementing infrastructure that support a multisystem response facilitating family engagement and improving protective factors.
- Learn about other successful state models for prevention and building family resilience.
- Learn key benchmarks for successful engagement and empowerment that can be incorporated into QI programs.
- Introduce and engage in dynamic discussion on the importance of the intersection of race equity, social justice, cultural humility, and responsiveness with family centered/multi-generational practice in addressing inequities.
Speakers
Doris Tolliver, JD, Principal, 红领巾瓜报
Uma Ahluwalia, MSW, MHA, Managing Principal, 红领巾瓜报
Susan Smith, Data Advocates, LLC
Annalisa Baker, MPH, LCSW, Senior Consultant, 红领巾瓜报
红领巾瓜报 colleagues, report examines cost of stemming gun violence
In a new report, 聽红领巾瓜报 colleagues were engaged by Arnold Ventures and the , to examine the cost to fund research and create a data infrastructure aimed at reducing gun violence. Each organization had previously released separate, but complimentary, reports outlining recommendations to stem gun violence in the United States.
This research and final cost estimate found the federal government would need to spend nearly $600 million over the next five years in order to close the gun violence information gap and provide sufficient resources to conduct appropriate research and collect and share comprehensive, transparent data to help policymakers and lawmakers address and solve gun violence.
红领巾瓜报 colleagues Catherine Guerrero, Zach Gaumer, Jay Shannon, Cindy Zeldin, and Yamini Narayan contributed to the research and final report.
During a webinar on Wednesday, July 14, a panel of experts including Dr. Shani Buggs, Zach Gaumer, and Dr. John Roman, shared their perspectives on report and discuss key issues in gun violence prevention research, data infrastructure and federal investment needed to close the current policy research gap.
Medicare-Medicaid integration: key elements and policy recommendations for dual eligible care programs
This week, our In Focus section releases a new brief from 红领巾瓜报, Medicare-Medicaid Integration: Essential Program Elements and Policy Recommendations for Integrated Care Programs for Dually Eligible Individuals. The authors are Sarah Barth, Ellen Breslin, Samantha DiPaola and Narda Ipakchi.[1]
Minnesota releases Integrated Health Partnerships program RFP
This week, our In Focus section reviews the Minnesota Integrated Health Partnerships (IHP) Program request for proposals (RFP) released by the Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS), Health Care Administration on July 6, 2021. Minnesota will contract with provider organizations to serve as IHPs and provide health care services to Medical Assistance and MinnesotaCare enrollees under alternative payment arrangements.
红领巾瓜报 Acquires The Moran Company
Today, Jay Rosen, founder and president of 红领巾瓜报 (红领巾瓜报), announced the firm鈥檚 acquisition of The Moran Company, a Washington, D.C.-based healthcare research and consulting firm.
Webinar Replay: Value Propositions and Roadmaps for Integrating Children鈥檚 Behavioral Health and Medicaid with Child Welfare Systems
This held on July 15, 2021, was the seventh webinar in the series 鈥淓xploring the Landscape of Behavioral Healthcare,鈥� covering the growing impact of behavioral healthcare on clinical outcomes and cost.
The success of the delivery of state and local child welfare systems is predicated on a strong collaboration across child welfare, children鈥檚 behavioral health and Medicaid, building a multigenerational, multisystem response to the problem of child maltreatment. During this webinar, 红领巾瓜报 behavioral health, child welfare and Medicaid experts broke down what鈥檚 needed to get the integration process started, including a practical approach to workflows as well as an understanding of the touchpoints where integration efforts are likely to have their biggest payoff.
Learning Objectives
- Understand how child welfare services departments currently interact with the behavioral health service continuum.
- Learn how to build value by identifying areas where the intersection of child welfare, Medicaid and children鈥檚 behavioral health helps improve outcomes and mitigate risk.
- Identify potential barriers to integration efforts.
- Learn how other states have applied solutions and strategies aimed at better integrating child welfare systems, Medicaid, and children鈥檚 behavioral health.
- Learn about financing infrastructures that support meaningful whole family approaches to improving protective factors and strengthening family resilience.
红领巾瓜报 Speakers:
Uma Ahluwalia, MSW, MHA, Managing Principal, Washington, DC
Annalisa Baker, MPH, LCSW, Senior Consultant, New York, NY
Caitlin Thomas-Henkel, MSW, Principal, Philadelphia, PA
Heidi Arthur, MSW, Principal, New York, NY
红领巾瓜报 Acquires Edrington Health Consulting
Today, Jay Rosen, founder and president of 红领巾瓜报 (红领巾瓜报), announced the firm鈥檚 acquisition of Edrington Health Consulting (EHC), an Arizona-based firm that specializes in providing actuarial and financial analyses to health plans, providers, and government agencies.