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Episode 60 of Clay’s Medicaid News Roundtable

Kris and Clay covered the Medicaid News in the last 45 days. Run time 1hr 16 mins.

Stories we covered in this episode:

Half of States Lack Full SUD Care Coverage in Medicaid Managed Care Plans
Over 1.6M people in Maryland enrolled in Medicaid, more than before COVID
State report shows most Virginians on Medicaid can’t access prenatal services
UnitedHealth’s cyberattack response costs to surpass $2.3B this year
HHS releases proposed rule designed to improve patient engagement, information sharing, interoperability
Leidos awarded Medicaid Enterprise Systems Integrator contract
Court Losses Mount For Pharma In Legal Bid To Block Medicare Drug Price Negotiations
Legislation to grant 4-year coverage of breakthrough medical devices passes Ways and Means, with a heavy discount
Telehealth 4 Walls Update: CMS Issues Proposed Rule to Eliminate Medicaid Standard
Florida appeals a ruling regarding payment of KidCare insurance premiums
Kansas official rejects appeal by unsuccessful bidders on state’s $4 billion KanCare contract
North Carolina’s Medicaid expansion program has enrolled 500,000 people in just 7 months
Hospitals raise hands to pay taxes that plug Medicaid shortfalls
Medicaid in Five States Will Cover MOUD for Prisoners Nearing Release
Can a Medicaid plan that requires work succeed? Georgia’s experiment is not promising

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Episode 59 of Clay’s Medicaid News Roundtable

Kat McDavitt and joined Clay and Steven to cover the Medicaid News in the last 45 days. Run time 1hr 16 mins.

Stories covered:

Uber Caregiver
Accenture buys Cognosante
Oklahoma managed care rollout challenges
$1.5B in questionable payments through NY MCOs
Centene says states did redeterminations wrong
Centene to spend $1B on housing
MN kicks out for profit MCOs
TX community plans kicked out
NV Medicaid digital efforts
MI telehealth pricing parity
GSA FedRamp advisory panel
Medicaid and weight loss drugs
340B in the courts
NH staffing rule (and Clay learns something)
DE, TN and babies’ butts
Newsom won’t deal with the $40B deficit he created
And much more!

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Clay’s Monthly Medicaid News Roundtable: Episode 43

Clay’s wildly successful and amazingly popular Medicaid Roundup has its own radio show that’s on the internet (and not really a radio show). Join Clay and our distinguished panel for our 42nd episode to hear insightful commentary on Medicaid news that you won’t get anywhere else.
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Host: Clay Farris

Clay has advised CMS administrators, state Medicaid Directors, health plan CEOs, technology COOs and a wide range of other clients in the healthcare industry.  His unique blend of management consulting, project management, policy making and analytics help deliver on-time, actionable results for a wide array of business challenges. His Weekly Medicaid Roundup is read and loved by more than 10,000 professionals in the Medicaid industry.
His experience includes policy making at both the federal (CMS) and state levels (State of Georgia), management consulting for large organizational change initiatives, big data solution sales and implementation and cutting-edge analytics. 
He currently leads key project components related to consultation design, Medicaid subject matter expertise and project management. He has a masters in Health Policy from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg of School of Public Health and is also a Certified Internal Auditor.

Our Distinguished Panel

Elena Nicolella

Elena Nicolella is the Executive Director of the New England States Consortium Systems Organization, a private, non-profit committed to supporting the people and work of the New England Health and Human Service agencies. Elena previously worked for the State of Rhode Island for nine years in several positions, including Director of Policy and Innovation as well as Medicaid Director for the Executive Office of Health and Human Services, and as a consultant to the Behavioral Health agency. Elena also worked for the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services for eight years as a Health Insurance Specialist. She received her Master’s in Public Health from Boston University.
 

Virgil Dickson

Virgil Dickson is a Policy Analyst at the Center for Evidence Based Policy at Oregon Health and Science University. Before starting at OHSU, he reported from Washington on the federal regulatory agencies. His experience before joining Modern Healthcare in 2013 includes serving as the Washington-based correspondent for PRWeek and as an editor/reporter for FDA News. Dickson earned a bachelor’s degree from DePaul University in 2007.

Jon Hamdorf

Jon Hamdorf is the Director of Navigant Consulting and Former Kansas Medicaid Director. 
Jon holds bachelor’s degrees in sociology and management information systems from the University of Iowa, has an M.B.A from Baker University, and is a doctoral (PhD) candidate at the University of Kansas Medical School in the department of Health Policy and Management. 
In his professional career, Jon has spent 15 years managing global sales engineering teams and delivering healthcare technology solutions for US and global health systems. In the past few years, his focus has been on conducting and publishing health services research, advising on local and national health policies, and working for the state of Kansas as an policy advisor and Medicaid director.

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  • Each article is highlighted & summarized
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Clay’s Monthly Medicaid News Roundtable: Episode 42

Clay’s wildly successful and amazingly popular Medicaid Roundup has its own radio show that’s on the internet (and not really a radio show). Join Clay and our distinguished panel for our 42nd episode to hear insightful commentary on Medicaid news that you won’t get anywhere else.
  • SPEAKERS
  • REcordings
  • Show notes
  • email us / ceu

Host: Clay Farris

Clay has advised CMS administrators, state Medicaid Directors, health plan CEOs, technology COOs and a wide range of other clients in the healthcare industry.  His unique blend of management consulting, project management, policy making and analytics help deliver on-time, actionable results for a wide array of business challenges. His Weekly Medicaid Roundup is read and loved by more than 10,000 professionals in the Medicaid industry.
His experience includes policy making at both the federal (CMS) and state levels (State of Georgia), management consulting for large organizational change initiatives, big data solution sales and implementation and cutting-edge analytics. 
He currently leads key project components related to consultation design, Medicaid subject matter expertise and project management. He has a masters in Health Policy from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg of School of Public Health and is also a Certified Internal Auditor.

Our Distinguished Panel

Kris Vilamaa

Kris has over nineteen years of behavioral health, health information technology and health policy experience. Kris has led major state system transformations including planning for Medicaid Transformation, development of new behavioral health treatment standards, service definitions, and leading large information technology system implementations.
Kris has worked with state and county health departments, managed care organizations, community mental health providers, behavioral health county boards, federally qualified health centers, safety net hospitals and large health systems to enact meaningful initiatives.  Prior to joining HCP, he was Director of Behavioral Health for Germane Solutions and the first Chief Information Officer for the Alabama Department of Mental Health.
 

Craigan Gray, MD, MBA, JD

Craigan is an Experienced Chief Medical Officer with a demonstrated history of working in the computer software industry. He is skilled in Disease Management, Government, Medicaid, Physician Relations, and Healthcare Analytics. He is a strong healthcare services professional and graduated from Regent University School of Law. 

Our detailed prep pack includes: 

  • Articles discussed with sources
  • Each article is highlighted & summarized
The prep pack includes Clay’s summary & exclusive content for this episode’s discussion .
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