In 2022, North Carolina launched the Healthy Opportunities Pilots (HOP), the nation’s first comprehensive program aimed at addressing non-medical, health-related needs for qualifying Medicaid enrollees. Initial findings from an interim evaluation report developed by the Sheps Center at the University of North Carolina show that HOP investments in housing, nutrition and other services reduce avoidable health care utilization and lower total cost of care for members. North Carolina’s HOP model and findings are particularly timely as several states across the country look to secure Section 1115 Demonstrations or other authorities to address health-related social needs (HRSN) of Medicaid enrollees.
Join Manatt Health as we welcome North Carolina’s Secretary of Health and Human Services, Kody Kinsley; Dr. Elizabeth Tilson, North Carolina’s State Health Director and the Chief Medical Officer; Heidi Chan, Market President, AmeriHealth Caritas; and Sarah Ridout, HOP Program Director, Community Care of the Lower Cape Fear (CCLCF) for a fireside chat describing North Carolina’s experience providing critical health-related social services through HOP.
Key topics include:
- North Carolina’s investment and goals for HOP
- A first look at findings from the HOP Interim Evaluation Report - showing improvements in health outcomes, utilization and cost
- First hand experiences of frontline HOP entities
- Where North Carolina is going next and how the state plans to build on what it has learned
Speakers:
- Melinda Dutton, Partner, Manatt Health
- Kody Kinsley, Secretary of Health and Human Services, North Carolina
- Dr. Elizabeth Tilson, State Health Director and the Chief Medical Officer, North Carolina
- Heidi Chan, Market President, AmeriHealth Caritas
- Sarah Ridout, HOP Program Director, CCLCF
- Reverend Blake Hart, Executive Director, Haywood Christian Ministry
Date and Time:
Thursday, September 19
10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. PST
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. EST
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This program does not constitute legal advice, nor does it establish an attorney-client relationship. Views expressed by presenters are strictly their own and should not be construed to be the views of Manatt or attributed to Manatt.