Equity Impact Tool
A tool intended to guide state health agencies in evaluating their equity work at a high level, defining goals, and identifying strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and challenges related to meeting those goals.
This expert perspective reviews the information sharing considerations for states in implementing the Consolidated Appropriations Act’s (CAA) requirements to provide targeted case management and screening and diagnostic services for children and youth who are incarcerated and enrolled in Medicaid or CHIP. The expert perspective highlights key areas of CAA implementation that require information sharing, which states will need to consider as they work towards coming into full compliance.
Under the Ensuring Access to Medicaid Services final rule, state Medicaid agencies will need to create and support a Beneficiary Advisory Council (BAC) and Medicaid Advisory Committee (MAC) by July 2025, with some requirements phased-in over a longer time period. These template materials are designed to support state agencies in recruiting members for the BAC. States can customize the content of the materials, which include a recruitment flyer, template social media graphics, core messages, website copy, and newsletter copy.
On Thursday, November 7, State Health and Value Strategies hosted a webinar highlighting the ways states are addressing enrollees’ health-related social needs (HRSNs) through their Medicaid managed care programs and contracts. During the webinar, experts from Bailit Health showcased recent updates to the SHVS Addressing Health-Related Social Needs Through Medicaid Managed Care toolkit, highlighted state approaches to require and/or incentivize Medicaid plans to address HRSNs, and facilitated a discussion with state Medicaid officials.