This fall, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) approved innovative 1115 waivers for Arizona, Massachusetts and Oregon, authorizing new financing and programmatic flexibilities for delivering services that address health-related social needs (HRSNs). Through these waivers, CMS both approved new services and articulated a new framework for how it would consider waivers seeking to implement HRSN initiatives moving forward.

In a new webinar, Manatt will moderate a panel of state leaders from Arizona, Massachusetts and Oregon providing key insights into the HRSN approval process—and real-world lessons for other states considering their own HRSN investments. Key topics will include:

• The evolution of Medicaid financing to address HRSN that led to the new CMS framework for HRSN waiver initiatives
• The similarities and differences in approaches that Arizona, Massachusetts and Oregon used to structure their HRSN investments
• Guidance for other states seeking to design HRSN financing and system delivery 

Presenters:

• Lori Coyner, Senior Medicaid Policy Advisor at Oregon Health Authority
• Dana Flannery, Senior Policy Advisor & Assistant Director, Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS)
• Mike Levine, Acting Assistant Secretary/Medicaid Director, State of Massachusetts
• Cindy Mann, Partner, Manatt Health 

Date and Time:

Monday, January 9
3:00 – 4:00 p.m. ET