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HMA Conference on Trends in Publicly Sponsored Healthcare

HMA Conference 2020 What’s Next for Medicaid, Medicare, and Publicly Sponsored Healthcare: How Payers, Providers, and States Are Navigating a Future of Opportunity and Uncertainty Pre-Conference Workshop: October 25 Conference: October 26-27 Location: Fairmont Chicago, Millennium Park

November is National Adoption Month

When Love is Not Enough to Preserve a Forever Family for a Child Families formed by adoption face unique challenges in their lifelong journey as adoptees, parents, and siblings. Adoption-competent mental health is a necessary resource for adoptive families. This November, we are honoring adoption as a vital permanency strategy and the importance of forever … Read More

Opportunities for continued certified community behavioral health clinic expansion and enhancement

Opportunities related to Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics (CCBHCs) continue to expand for both states and providers. With this increased investment in the model comes the need for continued refinement and improvement. CCBHCs enable government and other payors and providers to increase capacity and move towards a transformed behavioral health system that is responsive to … Read More

CMS approves next phase of New York’s Medicaid 1115 waiver journey

This week, our In Focus section describes New York State’s Medicaid Section 1115 waiver amendment authorizing at least $6.7 billion in funding for new programs and initiatives in the state’s Medicaid program. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) approved New York’s application for the amendment January 9, 2024, which is effective retrospectively to April 1, … Read More

January 17, 2024

In Focus: CMS Approves Next Phase of New York’s Medicaid 1115 Waiver Journey Driving Change in Healthcare Delivery: HMA Spring Workshop Provides Deep Dive into Metrics, Coordination, and Partnerships for Value-based CareHealth Management Associates Successfully Completes SOC 2 Type 2 ExaminationMedicaid Redetermination Updates: Arizona, Minnesota, MissouriCalifornia Proposes CalAIM Amendment to Provide Continuous Medicaid, CHIP Coverage for ChildrenFlorida Proposed Bills Would Boost Physician Workforce, Develop Advanced Birth CentersIowa Legislature Considers Bill to Create Tiered Medicaid Reimbursement System for Children’s Mental HealthKentucky Submits Medicaid Section 1115 Amendment to Improve Care for Individuals Leaving Public InstitutionsKentucky State Bill Would Reduce Maximum Number of Medicaid Managed Care ContractsMississippi Hospital Directed Payments Bring in Additional $658.2 Million Under New ProgramNew Mexico Governor’s Fiscal 2025 Budget Proposes Additional Medicaid Funding For Rural Hospitals, Provider ReimbursementNew York Grants More Than $950 Million to Fund Healthcare Facility Upgrades, Technological ModernizationWest Virginia Selects Highmark as Fourth Medicaid Managed Care OrganizationWisconsin Releases Medicaid Managed LTC RFPCMS Releases Final Rule Aimed At Improving Electronic Exchange of Health Information, Prior Authorization ProcessesMedPAC Meeting Highlights Overpayments in Medicare AdvantageHealth Plans Seek Increased Medicaid Rates Amid Rising CostsElevance Launches Program to Provide Smartphones to Medicaid Beneficiaries in 21 States

Highlights from this Week’s HMA Conference on The Next Wave of Medicaid Growth and Opportunity

This week, our In Focus section provides a recap of the fourth annual HMA Conference, The Next Wave of Medicaid Growth and Opportunity: How Payers, Providers, and States are Positioning Themselves for Success, held this Monday, September 9, and Tuesday, September 10, in Chicago, Illinois. Nearly 500 leading executives representing managed care organizations, providers, state … Read More

Webinar Replay: The Future of Community Behavioral Health

On November 10, 2015, HMA Information Services hosted the webinar, “The Future of Community Behavioral Health: Leveraging the Transformation to Value-Based Health Care.”    Community behavioral health has never been more relevant. Not only have the costs of caring for those with behavioral health needs become a focal point of delivery system reform, but the … Read More

Webinar Replay: Merger Readiness – What Behavioral Health Providers and CBOs Need to Know Before Considering a Healthcare Merger

On May 10, 2017, HMA Information Services hosted the webinar, “Merger Readiness: What Behavioral Health Providers and CBOs Need to Know Before Considering a Healthcare Merger.” Behavioral health providers and community-based organizations increasingly face an important decision.  Can they continue to go it alone? Or is it time to consider merging with another entity to … Read More

2022 HMA Conference Presentations

Sunday, October 9, 2022 Pre-Conference Workshop-The Future of Payment Reform: Delivering Value, Managing Risk in Medicare and Medicaid Monday, October 10, 2022 Keynote AddressPolitics and the ‘New Normal’ for U.S. Healthcare The COVID-19 pandemic may have led to a “new normal” for the U.S. healthcare industry, but one thing remains the same: the politics around … Read More