2020

Increasing Family Resilience for Better Health: Mitigating the Impact of ACEs and Racism

Increasing Family Resilience for Better Health: Mitigating the Impact of ACEs and Racism Workshop Speakers: Dominique Charlot-Swilley, Ph.D, Early Childhood Innovation Network; MedStar Georget...

What’s Next? Coverage and Affordability Opportunities in Red, Blue, and Purple States

What's Next? Coverage and Affordability Opportunities in Red, Blue, and Purple States Workshop Speakers: John-Pierre Cardenas, MSPH, Independent Health Policy Adviser, formerly Maryland Health...

Healthy Adult Opportunity: An Empty Promise from the Trump Administration

On January 30, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released its long-rumored guidance on Medicaid block grants. This letter to state Medicaid directors invites states to restructure...

New Issues for Surprise Billing Fights

New Issues for Surprise Billing Fights Workshop Speakers: Stacey Pogue, MPA, Center for Public Policy Priorities Caitlin Westerson, Colorado Consumer Health Initiative Moderator: Mark M...

Envisioning Universal Health Care

Envisioning Universal Health Care Workshop Speakers: Jen Bersdale, MNM, Missouri Health Care for All Sanjeev K. Sriram, M.D., MPH, All Means All Campaign—Social Security Works Jill Zor...

Making Mind and Body Care a Reality

Making Mind and Body Care a Reality Workshop. Speakers: Berinna Doggett, LICSW, So Others Might Eat Logan Kelly, MPH, Center for Health Care Strategies Linda Tenerowicz, California Pan-E...

Nebraska’s Proposed Medicaid Reporting Requirements: A Costly Burden on the State’s Government

In Nebraska, Governor Ricketts is proposing a complex set of reporting requirements and bureaucratic hurdles as part of the long-delayed implementation of Nebraska’s voter-approved Medicaid expansio...

Families USA’s Medicaid Fiscal Accountability Regulation Comment Letter

For more than 50 years, the Medicaid program provides various ways in which states can pay for part of their share of Medicaid spending outside of use of general funds. Recently proposed regulations -...

Webinar: Medicaid Block Grants – Hurting Families and Hurting States

CMS released guidance on January 30 encouraging states to block grant their Medicaid program. This guidance will give states the green light to fundamentally change the nature of their Medicaid progra...

Connecting Systems that Serve Children to Improve Their Health and Wellbeing

There are several key programs, services, and supports that should be included when developing a broad strategy to improve children’s health and wellbeing. This publication identifies some of the le...