Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration

CMHS Consumer Affairs E-News
September 16, 2003, Vol. 03-83

WEBCAST ANNOUNCEMENTS

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Center for Health Services Financing and Managed Care presents an interactive two part web-assisted audio conference series:

Serving Persons with Disabilities in Medicaid Managed Care: Ensuring Independence and Choice Through Managed Care Programs

Persons with Disabilities: Rate Setting and Data Collection in Medicaid Managed Care

Thursday, September 18, 2003
Part I of II
1:00 PM to 3:00 PM (Eastern)

Learn about program models and the level of risk involved in caring for persons with disabilities. Actual data will be presented to demonstrate the cost-effectiveness of various delivery systems and risk adjustment. Participants will hear lessons learned from a community based organization providing services under a HIV/AIDS risk contract.

Presenters:
Robert J. Master, M.D.
Chief Executive Office
Commonwealth Care Alliance
Boston, MA

David Shippee
Executive Director
Chase Brexton Health Services, Inc.
Baltimore, MD

Network Development and Systems of Care Integration for Persons with Special Needs

Thursday, October 2, 2003
Part II of II
1:00 PM to 3:00 PM (Eastern)

Hear about a unique approach to reducing barriers and increasing access and choice in managed care networks for special health care needs. Find out how New York implemented managed care plans for populations with special needs. Hear about a toolkit designed to help plans improve their systems of care for children with special health care needs. These tools will help plans to identify children with special health care needs, to support collaboration with families, providers and Title V programs and to improve quality of care for this population.

Presenters:
Ira Feldman
Deputy Director
AIDS Institute Division of HIV Care
New York, New York

Nancy Turnball
New England SERVE
Boston, MA

Sign up for one or both of these web-assisted audio conferences at http://www.jsi.com/hrsamctac/Conferences/index.htm or by calling the toll free number 1-877-832-8635. (online registrations preferred)