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Michigan Community Health Network (MCHN) Regional Meeting 2024! The Michigan Community Health Network (MCHN) is a clinically integrated network formed by Michigan community health centers for the purpose of group contracting with Michigan Medicaid Health Plans. It was formed in 2015 and is owned by the Michigan Primary Care Association and 39 of its member health centers. MCHN negotiates value-based agreements on behalf of its members for the purpose of improving overall outcomes of the patients it serves and sharing in the resulting cost savings. #valuebasedcare #providerengagement #dataanalytics #caremanagement #Focus!

Community member engagement has become an important element of Medicaid program and policy design in recent years, especially as a means of promoting health equity. New rules from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will further accelerate community engagement efforts across the nation. This new resource center, developed by the Center for Health Care Strategies, offers practical tools and guidance to help Medicaid stakeholders engage community members in policy and program design. It features best practices, as well as examples of successful community engagement strategies — from informal channels to structured approaches like community advisory committees. https://bit.ly/4c7DVrF Anna Spencer, MPH, Courtney Shahan Roman

In 2023, after opposing Medicaid expansion for years North Carolina’s General Assembly changed their minds. Conditions shifted. Arguments evolved. New coalitions emerged. And, suddenly change was possible. Kody Kinsley, North Carolina's Secretary of Health & Human Services, joins #TheOther80 to talk about North Carolina's historic moves to expand Medicaid and invest in mental health. This is our first episode recorded in person at our fabulous Berkeley Public Health studio. Kody and I discuss: ▶How to get stuff done in a politically divided state ▶The surprising coalition that backed Medicaid expansion in NC ▶One move that would dramatically increase access to healthy food in America - automatically enroll all Medicaid beneficiaries in SNAP ▶Why NC Medicaid has gone deep on peer-to-peer support for prenatal care and mental health ▶The importance of building a better narrative about the role and value of public health 🎙Listen here: https://lnkd.in/eN5CT_2U 🎙Or wherever you access podcasts: https://lnkd.in/eyjzAH68

An amazing story indeed, Secretary Kinsley. As hospital week comes to end end, let’s not forget the unsung heroes of this story, our State’s hospitals. North Carolina hospital worked tirelessly with our elected leaders in the House and Senate to get HB 76 across the finish line. Hospitals made significant contributions to make Medicaid Expansion a reality. 🎯 Funding the non-federal share of expansion (10% of the total cost) saving North Carolina tax payers hundred of millions of dollars 🎯 Providing tens of millions of additional dollars to the NC general fund 🎯 Making concessions to modernize the CON law (many of these changes go into effect in 2025) 🎯 Creating HASP, which allows the state to draw down additional federal dollars to support local hospitals to help offset new taxes and obligations and to support the work that hospitals do every day to support their communities and the people they serve. (Note: HB 76 requires the state to draw down these dollars, annually, to make it all work - a win-win arrangement) Thank your home town hospital and the amazing people who work there

Calling all CHW employers and allies. If you are interested in learning more about reimbursement for CHW work, this is the webinar to be at. 👍

What's key to moving the momentum in Texas to address the non-medical drivers of health? Partnerships, policy, consolidating resources, and getting the entire health and health care system involved. Those were just some of the thoughts from this week's panel on supporting the social service needs of Texans at State of Reform's Health Policy Conference in Austin. EHF's Tanweer Kaleemullah, JD, LLM, MHA-MBA talked about recent statewide policy successes, including HB 1575 that enhances screening for non-medical needs for pregnant Texans and their babies and allows community health workers and doulas be reimbursed by Medicaid for work to address those needs. Improving #HealthNotJustHealthCare in Texas means changing the conversation on what it takes to improve health outcomes. #healthequity #philanthropy #NMDOH #SDOH #txlege

How can Medicaid agencies, plans, and providers better engage members to learn from their experiences and create more responsive programs and policies? This question is at the forefront for states and health care orgs nationwide as they seek to improve community engagement and better serve their populations. This new chockfull resource center from the Center for Health Care Strategies offers practical tools to help Medicaid stakeholders connect with the community, including resources that amplify members' voices. #Medicaid #CommunityEngagement #HealthEquity

A growing number of states are using new flexibilities in the Medicaid program to address health-related unmet needs and adverse social conditions, including housing, according to a new brief by the NYU Furman Center's Housing Solutions Lab. State health officials are piloting these interventions for high-risk beneficiaries. As of March 2024, at least 18 states had approved Section 1115 Medicaid demonstration waivers for housing-related services, with eight states recently approved under the housing-related social needs waiver framework. State programs cover a variety of strategies, including housing search navigation and one-time community transition costs, tenancy sustaining services, home accessibility modifications, short-term post-hospitalization housing, and medical respite care. Read more here

Findhelp and Rural Health Association of Tennessee are proud to announce that we have won a contract with the State of Tennessee’s Medicaid Agency (TennCare) to help Tennesseans find the non-medical social care assistance they need, as part of the Health Starts Initiative. ▶ Findhelp’s technology allows TennCare (or any customer) to assess non-medical risk factors of individuals in need and refer them to community-based organizations that can meet their needs, while tracking outcomes. ▶ Our closed-loop referral system will help TennCare increase care coordination and streamline data collection to effectively measure impact. ▶ Our community-based organization network in Tennessee includes 9,348 local, county, state, and national programs, and throughout 2022 alone, more than 265,000 residents used findhelp to search for and connect to social care. Improving care delivery and promoting the overall health of individuals is critical to creating positive outcomes in communities. Removing barriers to getting social care can increase affordability and accessibility of quality, compassionate care – and that’s what we're going to accomplish together. ➡️ Read more: https://hubs.li/Q020NtDb0 #findhelp #SocialCare #TennCare #CLRS #SDoH

TODAY: CEO, Mia Haney and Government Relations Director, Alexandra Fabian McMahon, will attend National Association for Home Care & Hospice's Advocacy Day in Washington, D.C. to fight for essential recognition, support, and resources for our Home Health, Hospice and Home Care providers. Specifically, we will be advocating for the following priorities: ✔️ Support Legislation to Stop Medicare Home Health Cuts. ✔️ Support Additional Targeted Policy Solutions and Data Needed to Strengthen Hospice Program Integrity. ✔️ HCBS Payment Adequacy: Urge CMS to withdraw the nationwide Medicaid pass-through 80/20 provision from their Medicaid Access rule. ✔️Recognizing the Role of Direct Support Professionals