Building a Person-Centered Enrollment Hub for Medicare-Medicaid Eligible Individuals
This session will share new research findings and policy recommendations regarding the integrated care enrollment and education ecosystem for Medicare-Medicaid eligible people (duals) and enrollment assisters.
Audience members will achieve the following learning outcomes:
- Learn about new research that directly engaged enrollment assisters and dually eligible people regarding their perspective on the outreach, enrollment, and education landscape and vision for an improved outreach, enrollment, and education ecosystem
- Understand strategies for better supporting Medicare-Medicaid enrollment assistance
- Understand state and federal policy recommendations for building a federal integrated care enrollment resource hub and in-person assistance
- Visualize a path forward for the future of integrated care enrollment policy change
Siena Ruggeri
Community Catalyst
Leena Sharma
Project Manager/Senior Policy Analyst
Community Catalyst
As a Project Manager/Senior Policy Analyst, Leena Sharma is part of the Center for Consumer Engagement in Health Innovation (the Center) at Community Catalyst. Leena provides project leadership and policy expertise to the Center and its partners on improving programs and policies related to integrated care for individuals who are dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid and is responsible for integrating lessons from this work into the broader work of the Center.
Prior to joining Community Catalyst and the Center, Leena worked at the Greater New Jersey Chapter of the Alzheimer's Association, where she served as the Public Policy, Advocacy &Volunteer Coordinator. There she worked on advancing the public policy advocacy efforts on behalf of those who struggle with Alzheimer's disease and their family caregivers.
Leena holds a B.A. in Political Science from Rutgers University and a M.A. in Public Policy from Monmouth University.