He is a life-long resident of Utah, growing up in Morgan County. He has native-level fluency in Spanish and was a Fulbright Scholar teaching economics in Argentina in He and his wife Maria have three children and two grandchildren. Begun in , MCPAP was the first statewide program designed to address the shortage of child psychiatrists.
He is president of the National Network of Child Psychiatry Access Programs, a non-profit dedicated to providing technical assistance and support to child psychiatry access programs. In , Dr. Drew Gattine is in his fourth term in the Maine House of Representatives.
Gattine has over 25 years of experience in implementing and operating programs designed to deliver more effective and efficient health care. He is nationally known on the topic of program integrity and has presented at numerous national conferences on this subject. He is also a former state assistant attorney general. Gattine is passionate about helping vulnerable people access high quality health care and live better lives.
Gattine lives on a small family farm in Westbrook with his wife, Elizabeth. They have two children and a bunch of animals. Ana has worked in public health for more than 30 years, including 5 years in Cabo Verde, 5 years in Portugal, and 23 years in the US.
Melissa Jordan has worked at the Florida Department of Health, primarily in the field of applied epidemiology, since In this role, she is responsible for a wide range of health promotion activities including tobacco and chronic disease prevention, family health services, and WIC.
In this role he also oversees the creation and release of MN APCD Public Use Files, collaborates with the Health Services Research unit on emerging research questions and policy issues relevant to health care research and health reform within the state.
His background is in chronic disease epidemiology with areas of focus on conducting research using electronic health record and administrative data. Julie has 30 years of experience in long term care policy with the Ohio Department of Medicaid. Her policy experience includes long term care facilities, home health, reimbursement and electronic visit verification.
Recently she has been focused on issues facing long term care facilities as they address the impact of the COVID pandemic. Vinita has expertise in the design and development of performance measurement systems, development of analytic capabilities to respond to new payment and care delivery models, analysis to drive performance improvement, and design of public reports. Addressing Health Equity during a Budget Crisis.
Michelle has over a decade of experience working in public health and management. Recently, she worked with the Milbank Memorial Fund, advising a multi-state collaborative on Medicaid long-term services reform. In that role, she has lead the Commission through the transition from the hospital-based All-Payer Model to the Total Cost of Care Model, which focuses on hospital and non-hospital system transformation to enhance patient care, improve health, and lower costs.
In order to successfully transform the delivery system, the new Total Cost of Care Model gives the State the flexibility to tailor initiatives to the Maryland health care context, encourages providers to drive health care innovation, and provides new tools and resources for primary care clinicians to better meet the needs of patients with complex and chronic conditions and help Marylanders achieve better health status overall.
Previously, Ms. Wunderlich was the Principal Deputy Director at HSCRC overseeing the Center for Provider Alignment and Engagement that works with hospitals, physicians and other health care providers in partnership with patients to achieve the goals of the new model and transform healthcare delivery.
Day-to-day, she engages data submitters to ensure their submissions to the CO APCD are timely, accurate, and of high-quality. Julia is driven by the goal of achieving the Triple Aim: lower costs, improved quality, and healthier people. He oversees clinical and quality aspects of the New York State public mental health system with a focus on improving access to prevention, recovery and rehabilitation services for persons with serious mental illness SMI.
He is the recipient of numerous NIMH and foundation grants for studies of engagement strategies for persons with SMI, services for persons with first episode psychosis, and care management approaches for high-need persons with SMI.
Smith earned his M. He moved to Columbia in and in , joined the behavioral health services research division at the New York State Psychiatric Institute. He also oversees NYS OMH mental health parity enforcement efforts as well as initiatives to develop system level quality and performance measures. The HPC is a first-in-the-nation independent state government agency charged with bending the health care cost curve and providing data-driven policy recommendations regarding health care delivery and payment system reform.
Prior to this role, Mr. Through these positions, he advised the passage of historic health care access reform legislation in , a forerunner to the Affordable Care Act of Subsequently, he worked on landmark cost containment legislation in MA, which has also become a model of success for many states.
Seltz is a graduate of Boston College and originally from Minnesota. In this role, she provides technical assistance on appropriate uses of administrative health care claims data and conducts data validation to assess PUF validity, completeness, and security. Her background is in infectious disease epidemiology with experience in decision modeling and cost effectiveness analyses. Her research explores the interaction of intellectual property law, food and drug regulation, and health law.
Gail Propsom has worked for the Wisconsin Department of Health Services in a policy capacity for almost 30 years, developing and implementing policy on such varied issues as welfare reform, child support, employment and training, juvenile justice and child welfare.
She currently manages a Section that oversees program quality, data analytics and several special projects, including implementation of the Home and Community-Based Services Settings rule, Money Follows the Person, housing issues for people with long-term care needs and efforts to support tribal involvement in long-term care.
Prior to this appointment, Dr. Before accepting the Deputy Commissioner position, he was the Walter M. Oliver has a long record of accomplishments in research and community health work, regarding health inequities. Most recently, his research interests have focused on the area of improving our understanding of the role of racial discrimination, bias, and prejudice in establishing and maintaining these health inequities and the understanding of the interplay between race and socioeconomic position in these disparities.
Oliver attended medical school at Case Western Reserve University, where he also obtained his Masters degree in medical anthropology. He trained in family medicine at Case, and he then practiced broad-spectrum family medicine in rural Alaska for 2 years before joining the UVA Department of Family Medicine in She assists the Directorate, Administration and State Legislature in determining program direction consistent with legislative intent and consults with the Director and State Medicaid Director on issues of significant policy impact involving both Medi-Cal and CHIP.
Mary G. McIntyre, M. McIntyre received her B. Prior to beginning her public health career, she served in various roles at the Alabama Medicaid Agency for 14 years. She provided primary care for 11 years before joining the state. She is most proud of being a wife and mother to four amazing adults and a grandmother to three. Her work has been featured in peer-reviewed publications. Jason serves the state through public leadership for our Medicaid program, including joint stewardship of the program key elements such as Medicaid managed care oversight and program integrity.
Working across divisions, he is leading managed care strategic planning and working on establishing performance metrics along with other major tasks of managing this large program. He previously served two Governors for Washington state as senior health policy advisor. His service has spanned critical times during the deep recession to implementing the Affordable Care Act that has resulted in expanded Medicaid and exchange health coverage to over , people in Washington.
Mike served as the Deputy Director of the Aging and People with Disabilities program in and from December to October , when he assumed the Interim Director position. He then used these tools to dramatically expand the percentage of individuals receiving services in their own home.
During his tenure, Mike provided leadership on financial management, effective use of data in administering programs and establishing fair, competitive rates for long-term care providers. She is a nationally recognized leader and highly sought-after expert and adviser in home and community-based services HCBS , managed long-term services and supports MLTSS , value-based purchasing for LTSS, and initiatives to improve care for beneficiaries dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid.
She has worked in Medicaid programs for over two decades, leading system redesign initiatives in multiple states. Her commitment is to transforming LTSS systems to better meet the needs of older adults and people with disabilities and their families, promoting the development and expansion of cost-effective HCBS options, and ensuring that that the voice and perspective of older adults, people with disabilities, family members, and other key stakeholders is brought to bear in policy and program decision-making processes.
Virginia is one of fifteen states awarded the Grant to increase SUD treatment and recovery provider capacity. Prior to this, Ashley managed the Maternal and Child Health Division at the Medicaid agency to improve access to and enhance services for women and children eligible for Medicaid.
Jeffrey Hayden Senator State of Minnesota. Senator Jeff Hayden was first elected to the Minnesota Senate in after serving in the state House of Representatives for four years. Senator Hayden has advocated for progressive policies in his community for decades and has been at the forefront of economic justice and health care issues throughout his legislative career.
He has pushed for enacting a single-payer health care system to expand access to affordable health care and has continually advocated for increased funding of Child Care Assistance Programs. He also authored the African American Family Preservation Act, which would protect the best interests of children and promote the stability and security of African American families.
In , Sen. And after more than 30 years, Senator Hayden was successful in securing the first increase in the Minnesota Family Investment Program since In , Jeff authored and successfully passed legislation that removes certain racial restrictive covenants from housing deeds in the Twin Cities.
Joe was appointed Deputy Secretary of Finance in January Joe is currently heading up efforts to identify, monitor, track, and provide counsel on expenditures from federal stimulus bills to address the impact of COVID in Virginia.
For two decades, Joe was a fiscal analyst serving legislators in Texas, Minnesota, and Virginia on the breadth of fiscal policy issues in health and human resources.
As a non-partisan legislative fiscal analyst, he was a resource to lawmakers, agency officials, advocacy groups, the media, and the public on issues related to health care, social services, public health, behavioral health, developmental disabilities, children and adult services.
With over 20 years of experience in the business and policy of health care, Sarah leads the strategic operations of the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review, a leading non-profit health policy research organization, as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer.
Prior to joining ICER, Sarah spent six years in the corporate communications and investor relations department at a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company, and several years with a health care communications firm.
Sarah speaks frequently at national conferences on the topics of prescription drug pricing policy, comparative effectiveness research, and value-based health care. She is a health services researcher focusing on the intersection between health policy, epidemiology, and economics related to prescription drugs. Her past experience with Medicaid includes chairing the Physician Advisory Group for Medicaid an independent legislated non-profit whose sole purpose is advising Medicaid on clinical policy for many years.
Steven M. His emphases is on driving payment and delivery transformation to more value-based and integrative care models across multiple payers of services. He is actively engaged in the development and implementation of a health care quality and cost benchmark for the State of Delaware Department of Health and Social Services. He was the lead on approval of a waiver application to CMS for reinsurance. He was elected to the Rhode Island House of Representatives from to He was appointed to the House Committee on Finance in and rose to the position of Chairman in , retaining that leadership position for seven years.
Eileen recently retired after working at Kaiser Permanente formerly Group Health Cooperative in Seattle for the past forty years. First appointed and subsequently retained to the House of Representatives in , Eileen has dedicated her legislative career to achieving affordable, quality healthcare for all residents of Washington state. Eileen currently serves as chair of the House Health Care and Wellness committee.
This position serves as a deputy to the State Medicaid Director. In her role, Ms. Prior to her current position, Ms. In this position she was responsible for the administration of managed health care for physical, behavioral and dental health for both Medicaid and CHIP for the State of Utah.
Prior to joining the Department of Health in , Ms. Chacon served in this capacity for 12 of her 29 years with the Utah Department of Human Services. Dean Rosen has played a leading role in developing and advancing health policy for more than 20 years. A partner at Mehlman Castagnetti, Dean joined the firm to direct its health care practice in September after five years as the chief health care advisor to Senate Majority Leader William H.
Frist R-TN. Dean has held senior positions in both the U. Senate and the House of Representatives, serving in the Congressional Leadership as well as on key health care committees. He also served in several senior positions with the Health Insurance Association of America. He has helped shepherd through Congress major legislation involving a variety of policy areas, including Medicaid and Medicare reform, FDA regulation, health insurance coverage and health care quality.
Throughout his career, he has forged strong working relationships with key decision-makers on both sides of the political aisle in Congress and within the broader health policy community. Chris Jennings is a decades-long health policy veteran of the White House, the Congress and the private sector. In his decade with the U. He also served in a major role for the U. Bipartisan Commission on Comprehensive Health Care. Jennings has advised eight Presidential campaigns, the , and Democratic Platform Drafting Committees, and multiple gubernatorial and Senate candidates.
Jennings Policy Strategies JPS is a nationally respected health care consulting firm committed to assisting foundations, purchasers, health systems, and aligned stakeholders develop policies to ensure higher quality, more affordable and sustainable health care. Erika started her career managing a homeless shelter in the Mississippi Delta and has since served in a variety of capacities across health care and human services including positions at Duke University and the World Health Organization.
Prior to working for the foundation, Chris spent six years as a senior health policy analyst for the U. Government Accountability Office, contributing to numerous reports for Congress on Medicaid, Medicare and private health insurance payment policy. Dickerson has over 30 years of experience in the field of public health and strategic policy development. Her primary focus is to develop and implement state Medicaid policies in the areas of nursing and intermediate care facilities, home and community-based waivers, maternal and child health and developmental disabilities.
Dickerson also coordinates with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and interpret federal guidelines, draft legislative language and perform comparative analysis to determine the most appropriate delivery of services for individuals and families. Dickerson has extensive experience in administering health services programs through collaborative partnerships with state agencies, local health departments, managed care organizations, hospitals, pharmacies and community-based organizations.
In addition, she has been instrumental in creating non-traditional health education programs for under-served populations and has been nationally recognized for her statewide leadership in the implementation of efforts in high-risk communities. Marie Ganim, Ph. In this role, she ensures the solvency of health insurers, protects consumers, encourages the fair treatment of providers, and works to improve health care quality, accessibility, and affordability.
The Office of the Health Insurance Commissioner was created in to oversee both health insurance regulation and health policy for the state. Her previous career includes serving as a principal at the multinational law firm Dentons where she led the Health Policy and Health Insurance Exchange Teams, as an advisor to Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney on health policy and federal programs, and as senior management for both the Salt Lake and Atlanta Olympic Games. Jean is a Registered Nurse that has over 30 years in hospital, home care and hospice administration.
She holds a masters of science degree in nursing as a clinical nurse specialist and masters degree in hospital administration. She is married and has four children and six grandchildren. Heather has over a decade of experience in human service specifically related to health care policy. She specializes in government affairs, public relations, coordinated project management and strategic planning.
He previously served as chief administrative officer and interim chief of staff to Gov. John Hickenlooper and has an extensive history of public service. Kevin brings a strong understanding of local, state, and federal government and stakeholder engagement to this role. For his time at Connect for Health Colorado, Kevin has been focused on improving the customer experience so they can focus on health insurance with tax credits implications. Kevin has held many senior leadership roles for the city and county of Denver.
He was elected to the Denver Board of Education in and Kevin graduated with a B. Kevin is known as a collaborative non-partisan problem solver for Colorado issues.
Jennifer Sullivan, M. Holcomb effective January 9, Sullivan is dedicated to building effective and efficient delivery of health care and social services to Hoosiers. She takes a public health approach to policy decisions and is committed to strategic alignment across government and the private sector to improve health outcomes and fill unmet social needs.
FSSA is a health care and social service delivery and integration agency. The mission of FSSA is To compassionately serve our diverse community of Hoosiers by dismantling long-standing, persistent inequity through deliberate human services system improvement.
Theriot attended medical school at the University of Louisville UofL then went on to complete her Pediatric residency and a chief resident year before joining the faculty at UofL. Theriot served as the director of the General Pediatrics Clinical Research Unit and prior to that as the medical director of the Children and Youth Project; a multidisciplinary primary care clinic serving the inner-city high-risk children of Louisville Kentucky.
Theriot is a certified physician executive and is a professor of Pediatrics at UofL. In addition to her administrative duties with Medicaid, she continues to see patients weekly in clinic at UofL and teach pediatric residents. Sudders has held leadership roles across the public and private sectors, including serving as the Massachusetts Commissioner of Mental Health, a non-profit CEO, and associate professor and program chair at Boston College School of Social Work, a top ten nationally-ranked program.
She is the recipient of many civic, social work, and professional honors. Tim Peterson test Speaker. Tim has over 20 years of experience implementing state government systems, including end-to-end management of the entire software development lifecycle from contract negotiations and project initiation, through implementation, certification, and post-production operations.
Mark Greenberg Speaker. His work focuses on immigration issues affecting children and families and implications of immigration enforcement and policy for health and human services programs and agencies. From , Mr. ACF includes the Office of Refugee Resettlement and a wide range of other programs assisting low-income and vulnerable children, families and communities.
Previously, Mr. Marie Zimmerman Moderator. Additionally, Zimmerman served as the Health Care Administration policy director, deputy director of managed care and payment policy division and as the budget and legislative director. Thomas Novak Speaker. Thomas Novak is the Medicaid Interoperability lead in the Office of Policy at ONC where he supports the advancement of Medicaid interoperability in the drafting and review of federal regulations.
Virginia Dize Speaker. Tara Murphy Speaker. Prior to MassHealth, Tara served as the founding Administrative Director for the Kraft Center for Community Health Leadership at Partners HealthCare, a then-new entity focused on improving access to high quality healthcare in traditionally underserved communities by strengthening the workforce in community health centers. She previously held leadership roles in global health, first at the Harvard T. She has also consulted at numerous community health centers and nonprofits.
Tisha Holmes Speaker. She conducts interdisciplinary work on planning for hazards and risks in order to reduce physical and social vulnerabilities and seek ways to build resilience in vulnerable, marginalized communities. Her research also emphasizes active community participation in research, education and decision-making processes to address the present and potential impact of climatological risks.
She is also conducting research on adaptation approaches to sea level rise in Florida and developing work on climate resilience planning in the Caribbean. Joe Bryant Speaker. Carney Delaware. Joe has been in his current position since Joe graduated with a B. House of Representatives. He was Rep. In addition, Joe has several years of experience as a professional mental health counselor. Wilmarie has represented the state before legislative and executive branches in strengthening advocacy systems.
Wilmarie has led teams in state studies and evaluations on elder abuse, financial exploitation, and guardianship issues impacting the aging population; Wilmarie has been a featured speaker at local, state and national forums covering topics from advocacy, protection, quality strategy, performance measures, and state funded programs. It includes establishing sound quality components that include early implementation strategy, performance measures, performance improvement projects, long-term evaluation while collaborating with internal and external stakeholder engagement.
Wilmarie has served as a board member in national, state and local organizations influencing public policy, education, older adults, and the arts. Tom Curtis Speaker. Kierra Barnett Speaker. Kierra S. Her dissertation research specifically explores John Henryism an active coping mechanism against stressors , socio-economic status, and health disparities among Blacks.
Having joined the Kirwan Institute in , Kierra has collaborated with state, county and city public health departments, as well as non-for-profit organizations, to assess health outcomes, such as infant mortality, and make policy and practice-based recommendations to address the disparities. After completing her doctoral degree, she intends to continue her scholarship to better understand health among Black populations across the socio-economic gradient. Chris Taylor Speaker. In his role, he facilitates change across the state system of government, creating more inclusive state agencies and promoting equity in state programs and services.
Aletha Maybank Speaker. Prior to this in , Dr. She also teaches medical and public health students on topics related to health inequities, public health leadership and management, physician advocacy, and community organizing health.
Currently, Dr. She is a pediatrician and board certified in Preventive Medicine and Public Health. A Commitment to Advance Health Equity. Dee Jones Speaker. Dee Jones is the Executive Director of the North Carolina State Health Plan, which provides health care coverage to more than , teachers, state employees, retirees and their dependents.
Dee holds an M. Elisabeth Arenales Speaker. Elisabeth is recognized as a health policy expert and has a strong track record of protecting, preserving, and expanding access to health care, particularly for lower-income Coloradans.
She has helped to shepherd legislation and programs that increased coverage, reduced health access barriers and led to significant changes in the Colorado health landscape. Lisa Beauregard Speaker. She competed a Ph. Previously, Dr. Jessica Rhoades Speaker. Jessica Rhoades is an accomplished health care policy and advocacy leader with broad expertise and experience in Medicaid, the Affordable Care Act, health insurance and payment and delivery system reform.
She has served as health care policy advisor to two governors. Her work in the private sector includes working in public affairs for a national health care provider covering 14 states. Erica Phillips Speaker. Highlights include the work she did with the Ohio Department of Health to define food deserts and the communities impacted by them.
Ellie Hartman Speaker. Ellie Hartman, Ph. Chethan Bachireddy Speaker. He is a physician, researcher, and public servant dedicated to improving health for vulnerable populations.
Prior to coming to Virginia, he was a National Clinician Scholar at the University of Pennsylvania where his work focused on two areas: 1 improving health for populations with high rates of HIV infection, substance use disorders, mental illness, and justice involvement and 2 applying insights from behavioral economics and clinical trial design to test strategies and technologies to help form healthy habits.
He is excited to learn and collaborate to improve the health and well-being of the individuals, families, and communities who call Virginia home. Jeremy Vandehey Moderator. Jeremy Vandehey, J. Hospital Consolidation. Jaime King Speaker.
Jaime S. King is the Bion M. Concentration on Law and Health Sciences. She is the Co-Founder and Executive Editor of The Source on Healthcare Price and Competition, a multi-disciplinary web-based resource about healthcare price and competition.
Professor King has testified before Congressional committees on health insurance mergers and price transparency and currently sits on the Board of the American Society of Law, Medicine, and Ethics.
She holds a Ph. Carissa Dougherty Speaker. Carissa Dougherty, LCSW, has over 18 years experience providing direct clinical practice, program management, and policy work. Dougherty previously managed an array of permanent and transitional supportive housing programs for persons with mental health and substance use issues.
She has co-chaired the local homeless Continuum of Care and provided Mental Health First Aid training to hundreds of homeless service and housing providers. She leads a team of program specialists and policy analysts responsible for stakeholder engagement, system coordination, and policy initiatives. Prior to this role, she served as a Senior Advisor with a focus on coordinating services to address the housing needs for persons with IDD and behavioral health disabilities, exploring the sustainable financing options for health and housing initiatives, and promoting policies and programs that support such endeavors.
Improving Health through Housing. Starla Ledbetter Speaker. With over 30 years of healthcare experience, Ms. Vanessa Avery Speaker. She manages all aspects of affirmative enforcement by the office, including multi-district cases involving antitrust and government program fraud, consumer protection, the opioid epidemic, the Affordable Care Act, immigration, the environment, privacy and data security, as well as cases pending locally.
She handled a broad variety of cases on behalf of the United States, its agencies and employees. She also spent over a decade in law firm practice focusing on business and financial litigation. Terry Cothran Speaker.
His team provides support to the Oklahoma Health Care Authority state Medicaid agency in managing the pharmacy benefits for our state Medicaid members. Sue Kvendru Speaker. Jami Snyder Speaker. Jackie Prokop Speaker. Greg Moody Moderator. Brett DeLange Speaker. Bob Russell Moderator. Andy Mullins Speaker. Alice Lind Speaker. Craig Nale Speaker. Jackson, the President of the Maine Senate. Craig practiced law at a firm in Portland, Maine, for two years prior to joining the Maine Legislature in Stacey Schubert Speaker.
Stacey received her B. Shannon Bresaw Speaker. As Program Director, Ms. Through this initiative, Ms. Bresaw and her team work to empower employers to challenge stigma and provide supportive work environments for people in recovery and those impacted by substance use disorders. At Granite United Way, Ms. Bresaw oversees public health strategies and initiatives and works to align these efforts with existing collaborations, partnerships, and Community Health Improvement Plans.
In addition, Ms. Born and raised in NH, Ms. Bresaw received her Master of Social Work Degree in from the University of New Hampshire, with a concentration in community and administrative practice. She has worked in the field of public health and substance use disorders since In her current role, Ms. Bresaw provides ongoing technical assistance and support to key sectors to ensure the use of best practice approaches in public health and prevention.
Bresaw has significant experience in the development of strategic plans, logic models, evaluation plans, and work plans designed to impact crucial public health issues in our communities. Sarah Finne Speaker. Sarah Finne, DMD, MPH brings over 30 years of experience from both private practice dentistry and public health supervision of a large school-based dental program in New Hampshire to her work in Dental Medicaid.
Sarah Brummett Speaker. The Office is legislatively mandated as the state coordinating body for suicide prevention, intervention and postvention efforts. The Office sets statewide priorities and works with state agencies and community organizations to develop and implement effective strategies, including a community grant program, means restriction education initiatives, the Zero Suicide initiative, education and awareness programs, emergency department and hospital outreach and education, the Colorado-National Collaborative, federal grant-funded initiatives, Mental Health First Aid, and a school grant program.
Brummett practiced family and appellate law in both Colorado Springs and the Denver Metro area. Sabrina Corlette Speaker. At CHIR she directs research on health insurance reform issues. Her areas of focus include state and federal regulation of private health insurance plans and markets and evolving insurance market rules. Prior to joining the Georgetown faculty, Ms. From to , Ms. Corlette worked as a professional staff member of the U.
After leaving the Hill, Ms. Corlette is a member of the D. Bar and received her J. She lives in Alexandria, Virginia with her husband and two daughters. How to Slice the Pie? Market Segmentation. Robin Wagner Speaker. Richard N. He works to expand publicly funded health coverage; protect patient autonomy, especially in reproductive and end-of-life care; and support safety-net health care providers.
Richard Gottfried Speaker. Regan Foust Speaker. She also comes with prior experience replicating effective youth development interventions and evaluating and improving child welfare and educational programs.
Paul Precht Speaker. Prior to starting at CMS in , Mr. Paige Duhamel Speaker. She began her work in the health insurance arena in law school with research on the impact of discriminatory health insurance benefit design on marginalized populations.
In the four years that Ms. Duhamel has been with OSI, her work has focused on regulatory and legislative policy development, including the Surprise Billing Protection Act, legislation to align New Mexico law with the Affordable Care Act, protections against unscrupulous purveyors of short term and limited benefits plans, and guarantees for network adequacy and prompt and transparent benefit utilization review.
Nicole Gastala Speaker. Her interests include treating whole families with a special focus on preventative health care, group visits, and medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder. Michael White Speaker. Michael White has worked in the field of substance use disorder for over 9 years with an additional 3 years working with children and families. Michael specializes in substance use disorder program development between community agencies and judicial systems and has developed, implemented, and supported the integration of Medication Assisted Treatment into county and state correctional facilities located in Alaska, Arizona, Montana, North Dakota, Wisconsin, and Texas.
At Community Medical Services Michael supervises a team that closely works with Superior Court Drug Court Programs along with coordinating care to and from county and state correctional facilities. His experience also includes working within family courts, Department of Child Safety, and obtaining resources for pregnant women with substance use disorders by collaborating with community partners. Michael is a national presenter in the areas of Collective Impact as an effective tool for the continuum of care, pregnancy and opioid dependence, along with Opioid treatment within Criminal Justice systems.
Meredith Ray-LaBatt Speaker. For more than twenty years, Meredith has worked on behalf of children and their families, spending much of her career working to address the complex needs of children with mental health challenges who become involved with various other child-serving systems, including substance use, juvenile justice and child welfare. Megan worked on Capitol Hill for 13 years for both Rep.
Matthew Statman Speaker. Matt is a person in recovery from a substance use disorder who has spent his career helping those with substance use disorders initiate and sustain recovery. Mark Schulz Speaker. He brings together key individuals and groups that have the talents and resources needed to develop, foster, fund and implement new, integrated community services at the local level. Mark has served as an Ombudsman for Long-Term Care learning firsthand the complex reality our most vulnerable adults live with each day.
Before that role, he served with the US military in various leadership positions with responsibility for small and large-scale, multi-faceted teams and complex financial situations. Grant Foundation. She has published over papers, editorials, intervention training manuals, and several book chapters, focused on improving health care for diverse racial and ethnic populations. In October , she was elected as a member of the National Academy of Medicine in acknowledgement of her scientific contributions to her field.
Linette Scott Moderator. Persons receiving MO HealthNet through fee for service have freedom to choose any vendor of needed services except that the chosen provider must be enrolled to participate in the MO HealthNet vendor plan in order for benefits to be used.
Otherwise, the person receiving the services must bear the responsibility for medical expenses incurred. MO HealthNet pays only providers of services and does not make direct payments to person for their medical expenses. Persons receiving MO HealthNet through managed care must obtain all needed services through a health plan, physician sponsor, or other designated single source of total health care.
MO HealthNet pays a capitation fee for each individual enrolled in a managed care program. Medical Care Services Provided each service is subject to certain limitations inpatient hospital care; outpatient hospital services, including diagnostic services rendered through a hospital outpatient department or clinic; laboratory and x-ray services when prescribed by a physician, and provided by either physicians, clinics, x-ray facilities, independent diagnostic testing facilities or laboratories; nursing home services for person who are in a home which has professional license from the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, or who are in the extended care facility of a licensed hospital.
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