Leveraging Medicaid Transformation to Support Expansion and Funding of Evidence-Based Programs
State Medicaid Agencies are looking for ways to improve the quality of care, achieve better health outcomes for the people they serve, and control costs. Toward this end, a variety of innovative approaches are being implemented, including removing barriers to care and adding evidence-based programs to approved covered services. AgeSpan in Massachusetts will share their experience working with Medicaid through different payment mechanisms, including contracting directly with the Managed Care Organization and through multiple waivers. At the end of this webinar, we will challenge all attendees to learn more about the initiatives in your state to integrate clinical and social care service delivery.
In this webinar, participants will be able to:
1. Identify ways to remove barriers to care and add evidence-based programs to approved covered services
2. Share experiences working with Medicaid through different payment mechanisms, including contracting directly with the Managed Care Organization.
3. Describe initiatives states use to integrate clinical and social care service delivery.
Sharon Williams
Founder and CEO
Williams Jaxon, Consulting, LLC
Sharon R. Williams is the founder and CEO of Williams Jaxon, Consulting, LLC, a business development and training firm focused on support for community organizations, government agencies and health organizations serving Medicare/Medicare consumers. Sharon’s experience includes executive leadership in both the traditional health care and the Home and Community Based Services industries. She is a seasoned and results oriented executive with a passion for the delivery of high quality, culturally competent, comprehensive and cost effective health care services for publicly funded consumers. Sharon was CEO at CareSource Michigan, a top 100 ranked health plan with Medicaid and Medicare product lines. Additional leadership experiences include Vice President roles at Coventry, Amerigroup and OmniCare. She has also served as COO for one of the nation’s leading Area Agencies on Aging. Sharon is a consultant with the National Council on Aging (NCOA). She conducted the research and construct for the soon-to-be-released CDSME marketing video. Additionally, she administers NCOA’s Community Integrated Health Council and the 2017 Network Development Learning Collaborative.
Sharon has been affiliated with leading industry organizations such as America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), Medicaid Health Plans of America (MHPA), National Association of Area Agencies on Aging (n4a), National Association of Health Services Executives, Meals on Wheels America (MOWA), and the Association for Community Affiliated Plans (ACAP).
Jennifer Raymond
AgeSpan
Jennifer Raymond, JD, MBA is the Chief Strategy Officer for AgeSpan and Director of the Healthy Living Center of Excellence (HLCE). HLCE is the statewide hub for dissemination of and contracting for evidence-based self-management programs in Massachusetts. As Director of HLCE, Jennifer is responsible for strategic planning and sustainability, overseeing an 80+ member provider network of community based organizations, as well as all efforts to integrate these programs with a variety of health care payors. Jennifer speaks across the stateand nationally on the impact of community-clinical linkages to successfullyaddress the social determinants of health and improve overall care and healthoutcomes for older adults.
Jennifer has been involved with evidence-based programs since in 2005 and as director of the Healthy Living Center of Excellence (www.healthyliving4me.org) since 2012. She earned a jurisdoctorate from the University of Maine School of Law and a Master’s in Business Administration with a focus on Leadership Development from Saint Joseph’s College of Maine. She serves on the Executive Committee of the Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative, as a consultant for the Aging and Disability Business Institute, and is a member of the national Evidence Based Leadership Collaborative.
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