University of San Francisco California
January Medicaid Learning Opportunities
Register now for a series of January webinars exploring the many different ways state Medicaid programs are investing in addressing social needs—both for individuals (ICF and Center for Health Care Strategies(CHCS) events) and communities (SIREN event). Webinar descriptions and links to register for these three webinars are included below.
ICF: Medicare and Medicaid move upstream to address social determinants of health
January 7, 2025 | 9am PT/ 12pm ET
This webinar will spotlight the transformative impact of recent Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) actions, including a groundbreaking 2024 regulation requiring hospitals to screen patients for five key SDOH domains: food security, housing, transportation, utilities, and personal safety. Discover how this policy shift-and related CMS initiatives-are reshaping healthcare by integrating social services into medical care.
Through expert insights and emerging data, you'll learn:
- What the 2024 CMS SDOH screening policy reveals about the needs of hospitalized patients.
- Innovative solutions like increased Medicare reimbursement for transportation and food support.
- How Medicaid waivers expand coverage for essential non-medical services, including housing.
- Opportunities for collaboration across healthcare, public health, and community-based organizations to address SDOH effectively.
Center for Health Care Strategies: Medicaid Nutrition Supports: Implementation Innovations
Nutrition insecurity is the most common social need among Medicaid members. To address this issue and mitigate the negative health impacts, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released state guidance in Fall 2023 on allowable nutrition supports under Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program. Early data shows Medicaid nutrition supports are well received by enrollees and providers. However, adoption remains nascent, with policymakers facing challenges in policy design, implementation, and identifying how to encourage service uptake within CMS guidelines.
This webinar, made possible by the Kaiser Permanente National Community Benefit Fund at The East Bay Community Foundation, will feature a panel discussion with Medicaid agency staff from Massachusetts and Michigan, two states pursuing nutrition supports under different Medicaid authorities. Speakers will discuss how states can better tailor nutrition service design and implementation to maximize positive impacts on enrollee health. State Medicaid agencies, policymakers, and providers are invited to join this 60-minute event.
SIREN and the Center for Health Law & Policy Innovation of Harvard Law School: State Medicaid Program Requirements for Community Reinvestment: Will They Improve Health?
Medicaid community reinvestment requirements enable states to require or incentivize state contractors to reinvest in the communities they serve. State laws, waivers, and contracts that include community reinvestment provisions have specified reinvestments (using percentage of profits and/or performance measures) in community initiatives that align with the state’s key priorities, e.g., improving healthy food access. These programs are anticipated to improve community health and wealth, not just the health and wealth of Medicaid enrollees.
On January 14, 2025, join the UCSF Social Interventions Research & Evaluation Network (SIREN) and the Center for Health Law & Policy Innovation of Harvard Law School to learn more about these innovative approaches and planned evaluations from state Medicaid leaders and other population health research experts.
The target audience for this webinar includes health care providers, social care providers, health policy practitioners, policymakers, and researchers.
Panelists:
Dana Flannery, Medicaid Director, New Mexico Human Services Department
Elizabeth Hertel, MBA, Director, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services
Emma Sandoe, PhD, MPH, Medicaid Director, Oregon Health Authority
Discussant: Craig Pollack, MD, MHS, Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Johns Hopkins School of Nursing
Moderator: Erika Hanson, JD, Clinical Instructor, Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation, Harvard Law School