Briefs & Reports

There were 53,736 Medicaid beneficiaries dually eligible for Medicare (duals) enrolled in Medicaid HMOs to receive their Medicaid benefits in May 2015, a decrease of 2,848 since April. This reduction may in part be due to implementation of Michigan’s dual eligibles pilot program. Some individuals have transitioned to enrollment in one of the state’s Integrated Care Organizations … Read More

Healthy Michigan Plan (HMP) enrollment remains high, far exceeding original expectations. HMP enrollees are required to report any changes in their economic or health care coverage circumstance as those changes occur. They are also subject to an annual redetermination of eligibility; those that entered the program in April and May 2014 were recently subject to … Read More

As of May 1, 2015, there were 1,645,820 Medicaid beneficiaries, including Healthy Michigan Plan (HMP) beneficiaries, enrolled in 13 Medicaid Health Plans (HMOs); this is an increase of 36,308 since April. The enrollment total reflects an increase of 17,421 HMP enrollees since April and an increase of 18,887 non-HMP Medicaid enrollees. As the enrollment reports (pdf) … Read More

Date: Thursday, May 28, 2015 Time: 3:00 to 4:00 p.m. EDT The wait is over. CMS has finally released a new set of proposed Medicaid managed care and CHIP regulations – the first major update of federal rules for health plans in state-sponsored programs in more than a decade. The changes seek to align Medicaid … Read More

HMA Information Services (HMAIS) will present the free webinar, “Implications of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Ruling in Armstrong v. Exceptional Child Center: A Real-world Analysis” at 1 p.m. EDT Thursday, April 30. The U.S. Supreme Court last month limited the ability of healthcare providers to file lawsuits against state Medicaid programs over the adequacy of … Read More

HMA Principal Dr. Jeffrey Ring’s guest blog, “Culturally Responsive Care: Why and How” is currently featured on the website www.equityofcare.org. Equity of Care is the national collaborative effort of the America’s Essential Hospitals, American College of Healthcare Executives, the American Hospital Association, Association of American Medical Colleges and Catholic Health Association of the United States. … Read More

HMA is pleased to announce recent additions to our IT Advisory Services team: Stephen DePooter (Chicago) is the former CIO of the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services (HFS). During his tenure at HFS, Stephen led the development and implementation of a unique Medicaid Management Information System (MMIS) partnership between the states of Illinois … Read More

Using the data points tracked by seven jurisdictions which have implemented court-mandated assisted outpatient treatment (AOT) for individuals with serious mental illness, HMA (under a consulting contract with the Treatment Advocacy Center) developed guidance for policymakers and other public officials to project the net costs of proposed new AOT programs or to assess the cost … Read More

HMA Information Services (HMAIS) will present the webinar, “Do the Right Thing: Culturally Responsive Health Care and the Federally Mandated CLAS Standards” at 1 p.m. EST Thursday, March 12. The time for culturally responsive health care is now. Not only is it the right thing to do, but key elements are mandated by the federal … Read More

HMA Community Strategies (HMACS) has launched a blog, where HMACS team members will write about topics relevant to ongoing and past projects related to creating healthy, equitable and sustainable communities. Monthly blog posts will provide thoughtful analysis of an issue or strategy that HMACS is exploring. Some posts will dive deeper into recent events and … Read More