Category: Webinars & Interviews

Great conversation with Brian Reid from Reid Strategic. He and Clay discussed in detail the fundamentals of 340B.

Run time: 15 min

Great conversation with Michigan’s Medicaid Director – Meghan Groen. She and Clay discussed 3 main topics: increasing access to behavioral healthcare, new services and benefits under social determinants of health, and 90 day pre-release care for the incarcerated population.

Run time: 16 min

Great conversation with Ceci Connolly, President and CEO at Alliance of Community Health Plans (ACHP). They walk through the pain points around capitation, the possible impact of the incoming administration, and MCO procurements. Run time: 25 mins

Clay goes to NAMD 2024! There he had the opportunity to interview Kansas’s Medicaid Director, Christine Osterlund. They discussed three main topics: MCO procurement, what it’s like to not be an expansion state, and what they are doing as a Medicaid program to align with their Public Health Partners. Run time: 27 mins

Clay goes to NAMD 2024! There he had the opportunity to interview US Virgin Islands’ Medicaid Director, Gary Smith. They discussed three main topics: the difference between being a Territory Medicaid Program and State, getting Members off the Island for needed care, and staffing in the Territory. Run time: 30 mins

Clay goes to NAMD 2024! There he had the opportunity to interview Wisconsin’s Medicaid Director, Bill Hanna. They discussed three main topics: Medicaid Expansion, Housing Waiver, and Food is Medicine. Run time: 21 mins

Great conversation with Adela Flores-Brennan, Colorado’s Medicaid Director. They walk through the latest updates happening in Colorado – Maternal equity, amendment waivers to benefit social health, and their new program, “Cover All Coloradans”. Run time: 15 mins

Great conversation with Chris Esguerra, Health Plan of San Mateo’s Chief Medical Officer. They walk through HPSM’s process of going beyond Process of Prior Authorizations. Run time: 17 mins

Great conversation with Dana Flannery, New Mexico’s Medicaid Director. Topics include: Justice-involved waiver, MCO transformation, and healthcare authority. Run time: 17 mins

Great conversation with Cora Steinmetz, Indiana’s Medicaid Director. Topics include: their recent MLTSS launch, implementing new federal rules, and improving forecasting processes. Run time: 17 mins