January 31, 2012

In This Issue

  • New Board members
  • SHAP DiaBlog
  • State Refor(u)m Webinar: Simplified but not Simple
  • RFA: Medicaid-Safety Net Learning Collaborative

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Alan Weil announces new board members
Alan Weil, NASHP Executive Director, announced the election of two new members to the Center for Health Policy Development (CHPD) Board of Directors. The CHPD is the corporate entity responsible for the legal and fiduciary management and oversight of NASHP. The entire board list is available here. The new members are:
  • S. Kimberly Belshé, MPP is the Senior Policy Advisor of the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC). She serves as a resource to PPIC leadership and staff as well as the broader policy community on health and social services, fiscal, governance and related reforms Prior to PPIC, Kim was secretary of the California Health and Human Services Agency throughout Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's tenure. Kim served as a member of NASHP's Executive Committee from 1995-2010.
  • Marcia Nielsen, PhD, MPH is the Executive Director of the Patient Centered Primary Care Collaborative, a large coalition of provider, purchaser, and consumer stakeholders who have joined together to develop and advance the patient centered medical home. She previously served as Associate Dean and Associate Professor of Health Policy and Management at the University of Kansas School of Medicine. Marcia served as a member of NASHP's Executive Committee from 2009-2011.

The SHAP DiaBlog
To increase their capacity to reach uninsured individuals, many states utilize out-stationed eligibility workers to help enroll individuals into Medicaid. This blog post highlights important enrollment lessons learned from out-stationed eligibility workers in Kansas’s KATCH program. Read "KATCH-ing the Uninsured: Lessons from Kansas’ Out-stationed Eligibility Workers"
 
State Refor(u)m Webinar: Simplified but Not Simple: Tackling the ACA’s Eligibility and Enrollment Challenge
February 9, 2:30–4:00 pm ET
Register Here 
Get ideas for simplifying eligibility and enrollment systems across Medicaid, CHIP, exchanges, and the basic health program. Alan Weil, NASHP executive director, will interview three state officials who are “early adopters” of simplification.

RFA: Medicaid-Safety Net Learning Collaborative
Deadline: February 16, 2012
Access RFA here
Apply for the Medicaid-Safety Net Learning Collaborative, which will provide technical assistance to seven states to advance Medicaid policies to support care for vulnerable populations. Click here to listen to the prospective applicant call for more information.

 

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