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As FY 2013 ends, leading Medicaid directors looking toward healthcare reform implementation in 2014
Kaiser Family Foundation
In May 2013, a group of leading state Medicaid directors met outside Denver to discuss the current opportunities and challenges facing state Medicaid programs as they prepare to implement the Affordable Care Act coverage expansions and enrollment simplifications that will take effect in January 2014. Medicaid directors described a time of focused attention on their preparation for the implementation of significant and complex system and policy changes.
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'Medicaid/Commercial Exchange Churn: Creating Market Advantage:' A free webinar by Altegra Health | Aug. 7 | 3 p.m. EST
MHPA
Health plans that serve both Medicaid and the Commercial Exchange will face operational and financial challenges as enrollee income levels shift. State-specific Medicaid expansion and benefit changes can further exacerbate these challenges. If well managed, enrollee turnover can become a market advantage. This webinar will discuss proactive strategies to address operational, service and financial challenges related to the anticipated turnover between Medicaid and the Exchange enrollees.
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MHPA 2013 — Updated agenda for 'Health Reform from East to West: Preparing Medicaid Health Plans for 2014' | Oct. 20-22 | National Harbor, Md.
MHPA
Register now for MHPA 2013, Medicaid Health Plans of America's annual conference Oct. 20-22 at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in National Harbor, Md. Register by Aug. 31 to receive the early-bird discount. Details on conference and registration can be found here.
HealthTeacher promotes good health and physical activity in youth; opportunities to partner with Medicaid plans
HealthTeacher Inc.
HealthTeacher Inc. is an innovative company that offers a number of Web-based programs to help schools promote health literacy and physical activity. Currently, more than 7 million K-12 students in 18 states have access to the company's online HealthTeacher health education curriculum. To ensure adoption of its health education programs, games and apps, HealthTeacher Inc. enters into corporate and foundation partnerships that allow school districts to offer its programs without adding extra costs to local school budgets, although a few school districts are also making direct purchases.
HealthTeacher Inc. is hoping to provide statewide access to its K-5 health education curriculum in a select number of states and expand access elsewhere. They also hope to make its interactive, in-class physical activity program, GoNoodle, which includes a partnership with the U.S. Track and Field Foundation, available to all elementary schools where HealthTeacher can be accessed. HealthTeacher is seeking partnerships with Medicaid health plans interested in promoting health education and physical activity among youth as part of their community outreach and engagement strategies.
For more information about partnership opportunities, please contact Roy Ziegler, executive vice president at HealthTeacher Inc. at roy.ziegler@healthteacher.com. For additional information about the company and its programs, please click Read More.
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New chief medical officer named for Horizon NJ Health
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey announced that Dr. Mark Calderon will assume the position of vice president and Chief Medical Officer of its wholly owned subsidiary, Horizon NJ Health, the state's largest Medicaid and NJFamilyCare managed healthcare organization.
California's Healthy Families transition concerns heightened as most difficult phases start
California Healthline
The third phase of the Healthy Families transition began recently, and it could be a bumpy passage. The first two phases moving about 615,000 Healthy Families children to Medi-Cal managed care plans have gone relatively smoothly, with almost all of those children retaining their health plan and roughly 94 percent of them retaining their primary care physician, according to the Department of Health Care Services, which is overseeing the transition.
Working parents in Florida could lose Medicaid
Healthy News Florida
About 45,000 low-income working parents in Florida will lose their Medicaid coverage at the end of this year and become uninsured unless they quit their jobs, a coalition of children's advocacy groups says.
Candidates for Virginia governor address Medicaid expansion
The Washington Post
Ken Cuccinelli II touted tax cuts and preschool vouchers while Terry McAuliffe embraced Medicaid expansion as the candidates for Virginia governor laid out different visions for improving mental health in Virginia.
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'Opportunities to Improve Medication Adherence': A free webinar by
Eli Lilly and Co. | Sept. 18 | 3 p.m. EST
MHPA
The introduction of three new medication adherence measures, each with a triple weight, makes Medicare Advantage and Part D pharmacy measures matter more than ever. But focus on driving improvement in medication adherence proliferates many other government and private insurer programs. In fact, medication adherence is a subject of importance now to Medicare, plans, hospitals, integrated delivery systems, retail pharmacies, industry and patients. With the patient at the center of these measures, you will learn key patient insights from a consumer marketer around medication adherence.
Providence Health & Services job opportunity
Providence Health & Services
Providence, the largest healthcare system and largest private employer in Oregon, is calling a full-time health plan Medicaid program director in Portland, Ore. In this position, you will:
- Lead the development, implementation and ongoing operation of Medicaid products and services, with full responsibility for revenue and expense for the Medicaid product line.
- Direct and coordinate all activities associated with the Medicaid program to assure that corporate performance objectives are met in a timely, effective and efficient manner.
- Establish and lead a comprehensive Medicaid program for Providence Health Plans in conjunction with Providence Integrated Delivery System.
Please view more details about this job here, position number 33824. You can reach the recruiter Judy Stenson-Musa directly at 503-893-7479.
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Deloitte job opportunities
Deloitte Consulting LLP
Health plans face a number of unique market and regulatory pressures that impact how they conduct business today and in the future. Deloitte Consulting LLP is one of the world's leading management consulting firms for executable strategy, operations, technology and human capital advisory services, and it is uniquely positioned to provide business solutions to our clients.
Deloitte's Government Programs practice is seeking candidates who have consulting, compliance and operational experience as it relates to Medicaid, Medicare Advantage and Medicare D plans.
Navigant job opportunities in DC, Chicago
Navigant
Navigant is a specialized, global expert services firm dedicated to assisting clients in creating and protecting value in the face of critical business risks and opportunities. Navigant's Healthcare Practice strives to be the premier independent management consulting practice assisting senior level healthcare executives deal with their core business challenges.
Recent webinar presentations from dLife, PwC, Deloitte and others available free on MHPA website
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