HMA has published a white paper examining the use of risk mitigation strategies among state Medicaid programs and assessing their limiting impact on capitation’s incentives for managed care organizations (MCOs). This paper seeks to assist policymakers in designing future Medicaid program payment policies that advance state financial and programmatic goals. This paper offers a timely … Read More
HMA Community Strategies conducts evaluation for the city of Los Angeles FamilySource System
March 20, 2023
Systemic health disparities have exposed Los Angeles’ racially and ethnically diverse populations to increased risks of economic hardship, educational underachievement, and housing instability. To better understand this imbalance and drive toward change, the City of Los Angeles (the City), through Community Development Block Grants (CDBG), Community Service Block Grants (CSBG) and General Funds established the … Read More
New report highlights hybrid (in-person & virtual visits) as the future of child welfare service delivery
February 27, 2023
During the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE), the federal government waived the requirement for “once every 30 days” in-person visits by caseworkers for children in foster care, allowing these visits to occur virtually. In 2021, Casey Family Programs (CFP) commissioned Health Management Associates (HMA) to evaluate the delivery of virtual child welfare services and outline … Read More
HMA conducts assessment of unmet mental health needs of people living with HIV in Los Angeles County
November 10, 2022
HMA Community Strategies conducted an assessment of unmet mental health needs of people living with HIV in Los Angeles County. The study aimed to understand behavioral health service utilization and the role that facility staff and institutional structures play in charting the trajectory of clients. The assessment includes the breadth of experiences and perspectives represented … Read More
The 22nd annual Medicaid budget survey released: pandemic continues to shape priorities
October 26, 2022
The 22nd annual Medicaid Budget Survey conducted by The Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) and Health Management Associates (HMA) was released on October 25, 2022, in the report: How the Pandemic Continues to Shape Medicaid Priorities: Results from an Annual Medicaid Budget Survey for State Fiscal Years 2022 and 2023. The report was prepared by Kathleen Gifford, Aimee … Read More
System integration across child welfare, behavioral health, and Medicaid
October 24, 2022
Children and families involved in the behavioral health and child welfare systems are often the most vulnerable and in need of intensive supports. Fragmented systems of care across child welfare, behavioral health, and Medicaid often cause families “to fall through the cracks,” leading to increased use of high-cost services that separate families and results in … Read More
HMA consultants author Well Being Trust brief, “Naloxone for Overdose Reversal: Challenges and Opportunities”
September 15, 2022
Efforts to reduce America’s opioid-related overdose deaths are being hampered by glaring inconsistencies in U.S. policies and practices from one region, health system, and community to another. So states a new Well Being Trust brief, “Naloxone for Overdose Reversal: Challenges and Opportunities,” written by HMA consultants Barry Jacobs and Helena Whitney, released September 15, 2022. … Read More
Bolstering the youth behavioral health system: innovative state policies to address access & parity
August 16, 2022
With 1 in 5 children experiencing a mental health condition every year and only 54 percent of non-institutionalized youth enrolled in Medicaid or CHIP receiving mental health treatment, the HMA team of Caitlin Thomas-Henkel, Uma Ahluwalia, Devon Schechinger and Debbi Witham have authored the first in a series of briefs focused on enhancing the youth … Read More
HMA series of issue briefs outline Medicare savings proposals
August 4, 2022
In a series of issue briefs outlining Medicare savings proposals, Jennifer Podulka examines federal budget pressures and impending insolvency of the Medicare Trust Fund that will require Congress to choose between reducing provider or Medicare Advantage plan payments, increasing dedicated income, modifying beneficiary cost sharing, or some combination of these options. Successful Centers for Medicare … Read More