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Alison Evans Cuellar, professor and director of Health Policy Collaborative, is the moderator for the Health Policy Summer Series
Health听Policymaking Priorities Now: the first webinar in the Health Policy Summer Series featured panelists from Capitol Hill, the Virginia Medicaid program, and the Urban Institute.
On Tuesday, June 1, the Health Policy Collaborative held 鈥淗ealth听Policymaking Priorities Now鈥, the first panel in the Health Policy Summer Series.
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Moderated by Alison Cuellar, PhD, professor and director of the Health Policy Collaborative, the panel discussed shifting health policy priorities as . As the nation approaches post-pandemic status, policymakers on both the Federal and state-level are assessing which COVID-19 related changes will become permanent and which will not. Panelists represented a variety of perspectives:
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- Audrey Smith, senior policy advisor to Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Mason alumna, and Stuart Portman, health policy advisor and majority staff member of the Senate Finance Committee, provided their perspectives from Capitol Hill.
- Dr. Ellen Montz, chief deputy and chief health economist from the Virginia Department of Medical Assistance Services, delivered her perspective on Medicaid policy in the state.
- Senior fellow at the Urban Institute, Dr. Jessica Banthin provided simulated data results on the latest trends in health insurance and coverage amidst the current pandemic.
The seminar covered important trends and topics such as:
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- Support for reforms for dually eligible, i.e., Medicare-Medicaid, coverage
- Assessing vaccine accessibility, particularly for under-served communities
- Revisiting telehealth policies particularly where Medicaid is ahead of Medicare and for patients in rural areas with low broadband access
- Achieving health equity and increased access to behavioral health services
- Examining the data needed to assess the effects of pandemic-related health policy changes
- Evaluating the long-term impact of making permanent the enhanced insurance subsidies that are part of pandemic response
Future events in the five-part Health Policy Summer Series include:
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Tuesday, June听15: 1:00pm-2:00pm听EST听
Promoting Housing Stability听Through Health Policy
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- Hospitals and Health Systems鈥 Role in Providing Support for Housing and other Social Determinants of Health:听Shira Hollander,听Senior Associate Director, Policy Development,听American Hospital Association听
- Encouraging Housing Stability听Through Medicaid Managed Care Contracts:听Anna Cleveland,听Govt. Operations Consultant,听Division of Medicaid Policy,听Florida Agency for Health Care Administration听听
- View from听the Housing Provider on Linkages to Health听Systems and Plans:听Speakers to be announced
Tuesday,听June听29: 1:00pm-2:00pm听EST听
City Policy: Forming Unique Partnerships to Improve Health听
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- City Policy听and Health:听Catherine Patterson, MPP, Co-Executive Director,听CityHealth听
- The Armed Forces鈥 Role in Community Health Partnerships:听听Captain听Kimberly听Elenberg, RN, DNP,听U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs听
- Developing Collective Impact in Communities, Approaches and Lessons:听William Hazel,听MD,听Senior Deputy Executive Director,听Claude Moore Foundation
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