This webinar was held on January 24, 2024. During this webinar, HMA panel guides you through the newly approved key provisions of New York’s 1115 Medicaid waiver amendment. This groundbreaking development opens doors to transformative changes in healthcare delivery, impacting both providers and beneficiaries alike, including enhanced Health Related Social Needs (HRSN) benefits, workforce and … Read More
Webinar replay: Collaborating to improve children’s behavioral health – a comprehensive playbook to fostering wellbeing in children
This webinar was held on December 12, 2023. Beyond the statistics lie the stories of countless children and families needing immediate and critical access to behavioral health services and community-based supports. Addressing these issues requires comprehensive cross-system reforms, including policies that promote integrated financing, enhanced care coordination, increased provider collaboration, and bolster upstream prevention efforts. … Read More
Webinar replay: Opportunities for state regulators to shape policy and regulation of treatment for substance use disorder
This webinar was held on November 2, 2023. Health Management Associates (HMA) offered a 3-part series of webinars looking at the effect of proposed regulations on delivery of opioid treatment services to the population facing addiction issues. In this third and final webinar, HMA consultants highlighted opportunities for state regulators to shape policy and regulation … Read More
Webinar replay: Youth mental health access: school-based intervention strategies
This webinar was held on June 14, 2023. The youth mental health crisis has resulted in a cascade of federal funding, advisories, and overall opportunities to improve resources to help kids. This webinar presented the Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) STEPS for Adolescents model, which is a low cost, high impact approach that empowers schools to … Read More
Webinar replay: Opportunities for state payers to improve & align incentives for treatment of substance use disorder
This webinar was held on June 6, 2023. Health Management Associates (HMA) is proud to offer a 3-part series of webinars looking at the effect of proposed regulations on delivery of opioid treatment services to the population facing addiction issues. In this second webinar, HMA consultants highlighted opportunities for state payers to improve & align … Read More
Webinar replay: Behavioral health: moving access to care and network adequacy into the 21st century
This webinar was held on September 7, 2023. States, counties, health plans, and providers are asking how to meet the growing demand for behavioral health (BH) services. HMA teamed with experts to discuss these challenges at our recent Quality Conference where we crowdsourced ideas for how to redefine and measure network adequacy, examining provider selection, … Read More
Webinar replay: Medicare policy changes impacting behavioral health services workforce and population health
This webinar was held on September 12, 2023. Continuing our discussion from Part 1 of this series, recent rule changes proposed by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will enable regulatory and statutory expansion of behavioral health services and providers. This webinar focused on how those changes will impact the already strained workforce, … Read More
Webinar replay: Medicaid 1115 justice waivers and special populations: meeting the needs of justice-involved youth
This webinar was held on August 17, 2023. HMA’s webinar series, 1115 Medicaid Justice Demonstration Waivers: Bridging Healthcare, focused on helping stakeholders optimize care for persons in carceral settings and during their transition back to the community. Youth in juvenile correctional settings often have complex medical, behavioral health, developmental, social, and legal needs. Many youth … Read More
Webinar replay: new tools for Medicare policy changes impacting behavioral health services
This webinar was held on July 26, 2023. In light of the recent Medicare regulatory and statutory expansion of behavioral health services and providers, this webinar focused on how those changes will impact the demand, delivery, and availability of behavioral health services. Experts covered how changes in Medicare coverage will affect different behavioral health provider … Read More
Webinar replay: Medicaid 1115 justice waiver opportunities- medication assisted treatment for substance use disorder in carceral settings
This webinar was held on July 13, 2023. HMA’s webinar series, 1115 Medicaid Justice Demonstration Waivers: Bridging Healthcare, focuses on helping stakeholders optimize care for persons in carceral settings and during their transition back to the community. Part 4 focused on access to medication assisted treatment (MAT) for substance use disorder (SUD) during and after … Read More