Leveraging the Buying Value Resources to Advance Health Equity Measurement
On Tuesday, September 24, State Health and Value Strategies hosted a webinar showcasing how the Buying Value suite of resources can help states, employers, consumer organizations and providers implement quality measures to incentivize high-quality, high-value, equitable healthcare. The webinar highlighted two free, Excel-based tools, the Buying Value Measure Selection Tool and the Buying Value Benchmark Repository.
New CMS Guidance: CAA Requirements for the Provision of Medicaid and CHIP Services to Incarcerated Youth
On Monday, August 19, State Health and Value Strategies hosted a webinar on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) recently released State Health Official (SHO) letter providing implementation guidance on the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (CAA) requirements that states provide specific services for children and youth eligible for Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program and involved in the juvenile justice system. During the webinar, experts from Manatt Health provided a detailed overview of CMS’ guidance in the SHO letter and discussed key operational and policy considerations for states.
Providing Multi-Year Continuous Enrollment to Medicaid and CHIP Populations: State Toolkit
This state toolkit is intended to support decision-making in states interested in, actively pursuing, or implementing section 1115 demonstrations to provide continuous enrollment (CE) to Medicaid and CHIP populations, with a focus on multi-year CE for young children. The toolkit describes evidence supporting CE policies; considerations for specific populations; estimating multi-year CE costs; and demonstration evaluation and monitoring requirements.
Revisions to the Federal Standards for Race and Ethnicity Data Collection
On Monday, July 15, State Health and Value Strategies hosted a webinar on the revisions to the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) Statistical Policy Directive No. 15: Standards for Maintaining, Collecting, and Presenting Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity. During the webinar, experts from the State Health Access Data Assistance Center (SHADAC) and Health Equity Solutions reviewed the new OMB standards for race and ethnicity data collection, described the history of federally-defined race and ethnicity data collection standards, and highlighted the motivations for the revisions. The webinar also featured a discussion of the implications for health equity and provided guidance for implementing the standards in partnership with key stakeholders.
Protected: Convening: Affordable Health Coverage for Non-Citizen Populations
Resources related to our convening, Affordable Health Coverage for Non-Citizen Populations, held on June 27 and 28, 2024 in Denver, Colorado.
State Spotlight: New York’s Essential Plan Expansion: A Novel Use of Section 1332 Waiver Authority
On April 1, 2024, New York began covering residents in a new affordable coverage program made possible with a first-of-its-kind section 1332 waiver, reshaping the insurance market and allowing the state flexibility to design a program with people at the center.
CMS Final Rules Part 3: Home and Community-Based Services
On Thursday, June 6, State Health and Value Strategies hosted the final webinar in a three-part webinar series on CMS’ highly anticipated final rules: (1) Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program Managed Care Access, Finance, and Quality (the “Managed Care Rule”), which focuses on managed care delivery systems; and (2) Ensuring Access to Medicaid Services (the “Access Rule”), which focuses on fee-for-service delivery systems and program improvements for home and community-based services (HCBS) across delivery systems. Building on Parts 1 and 2 of the webinar series, Part 3 provided a detailed overview of provisions in the Access Rule that aim to enhance access to HCBS, standardize quality measures and reporting requirements, and help address long-standing shortages in the direct care workforce.
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CMS Final Rules Part 2: Managed Care Payments, Quality, and Oversight
On Monday, May 20, State Health and Value Strategies hosted the second in a three-part webinar series on CMS’ highly anticipated final rules: (1) Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program Managed Care Access, Finance, and Quality (the “Managed Care Rule”), which focuses on managed care delivery systems; and (2) Ensuring Access to Medicaid Services (the “Access Rule”), which focuses on fee-for-service delivery systems and program improvements for home and community-based services (HCBS) across delivery systems. Part 2 focused exclusively on key provisions in the Managed Care Rule related to provider payment, financing, quality, and in lieu of services.
CMS Final Rules Part 1: Access, Enrollee Engagement, and Provider Payment Transparency
On Thursday, May 9, State Health and Value Strategies hosted the first in a three-part webinar series on CMS’ highly anticipated final rules: (1) Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program Managed Care Access, Finance, and Quality (the “Managed Care Rule”), which focuses on managed care delivery systems; and (2) Ensuring Access to Medicaid Services (the “Access Rule”), which focuses on fee-for-service delivery systems and program improvements for home and community-based services (HCBS) across delivery systems. During Part 1 of the webinar series, experts from Manatt Health provided an overview of the provisions in both rules regarding access monitoring, enrollee engagement, provider payment transparency, and HCBS.
Compendium of Medicaid Managed Care Contracting Strategies to Promote Health Equity
The Compendium identifies approaches states are taking within their Medicaid managed care programs to promote health equity. This updated and revised edition highlights examples from states to illustrate how they are implementing specific approaches. The Compendium synthesizes information across select states and categorizes their approaches to support cross-state learning. State policymakers and Medicaid officials can use the excerpts from state contract and procurement documents included in the Compendium to develop managed care procurements or update and operationalize key managed care contract provisions.