The Future of Medicaid is Here: Implications for Payers, Providers and States is a two-day event organized by Health Management Associates (HMA). Confirmed speakers include industry executives from Medicaid plans across the nation as well as Medicaid directors from California, Florida, Kansas, Hawaii, Michigan, Tennessee, Texas, and Washington.
Month: June 2017
It Takes a Community to Divert Populations with Behavioral Health Needs from Jail
This blog post was authored by HMA Principal Bren Manaugh, LCSW-S, CPHQ and Senior Consultant Laquisha Grant, MPA.
We have all seen the headlines about jails and prisons becoming the largest de facto mental healthcare providers in the country. Nationally, 14 to 17 percent of inmates have a serious mental illness, 53 to 68 percent have a substance use disorder[1], and up to 72 percent of jail inmates have both a mental illness and substance use disorder. The overrepresentation of individuals with mental illness and substance use disorder did not happen overnight — and it is not a result of one system or issue.
Texas Budget and Health Care Legislation Summary – 2017
This week, our In Focus section comes to us from HMA Principal Dianne Longley, of our Austin, Texas, office. Dianne provides an update on and summary of the Texas Legislature’s adoption of a state fiscal year (SFY) 2018-2019 budget, as well as a review of health care legislation passed by the Legislature this session.
HMA Conference to Feature Insights from Health Plan CEOs, State Medicaid Directors
Dates: September 11-12, 2017
Location: Renaissance Chicago Downtown Hotel
Waivers, block grants and per capita caps, member premiums and copays, health savings accounts, expansion, and new benefit design and funding models will take center stage as 35 speakers from leading health plans, states and providers join Health Management Associates for the high-level, two-day conference The Future of Medicaid is Here: Implications for Payers, Providers and States.