The final Managed Care and Access Rules, released in the spring, included new regulations for Medicaid Advisory Committees, which many states currently refer to as Medical Care Advisory Committees. These are groups intended to support communication and collaboration between state agencies, people enrolled in Medicaid, service providers, and other stakeholders. The new regulations broaden the scope of the MAC, detail the composition requirements, specify the minimum meeting cadence, and require more content to be publicly available.
The rules also created a new body called Beneficiary Advisory Councils. This new group is intended to provide an increased role for those enrolled in Medicaid, as well as their caregivers, in shaping the Medicaid program in their state.
Part 1: Comply and Improve, covered the new rules for both MACs and BACs and important decision points for implementation with guest speaker Anna Spencer from the Center for Health Care Strategies.
Speakers and Panelists include:
- Leo Cuello, Georgetown CCF
- Anna Spencer, Center for Health Care Strategies
- Kelly Whitener, Georgetown CCF
- Natalie Lawson, Georgetown CCF
- Ashya Smith, Michigan League for Public Policy
- Jen Griffis, Alaska Children’s Trust
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Part 2: Covers the steps that stakeholders can take to support a high functioning BAC, offering different ways to engage and examples from states.
Speakers and Panelists include:
- Emily Beauregard, Kentucky Voices for Health
- Kyle Fisher, Pennsylvania Health Law Program
- Stephanie Altman, Shriver Center on Poverty Law
- Sarah Whitworth, GMMB
- Kelly Whitener, Georgetown CCF
- Leo Cuello, Georgetown CCF
- Natalie Lawson, Georgetown CCF