Meeting Notice - Medicaid Medical Advisory Committee (Feb. 20)

Medicaid Medical Advisory Committee Meeting 
Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024
3-5 p.m. CT
Microsoft Teams (video and audio available through Teams) or 
701-328-0950 (conference ID: 659 070 452#)

• Roll call

Follow-up

3:05-3:35

• Update on CMS MAC Proposed rule change – was open for public comment until 7.3.23. Still waiting to hear whether rule will be modified and/or approved
• Assign MMAC member terms under updated Charter – 1/3 three year terms, 1/3 two year terms, and 1/3 one year terms
  • Review post-November meeting survey results
  • Draw names from hat to determine term lengths
• First MMAC Orientations done
  • Process
  • Presentation
  • Brief Q&A Session with MMAC Facilitator (Mandy)
• First of two recurring MMAC Member Surveys sent out – February 2024
  • Results

Poll

Medical Services Division Updates

3:35-4:25

• Unwinding of ND Medicaid continuous enrollment. Continuous enrollment ended March 31, 2023. Renewals began April 1^st and are nearing completion – Krista Fremming, Assistant Medicaid Director
• Medicaid Member Engagement Committee – Jen Sheppard, Member Liaison
• Value-Based Purchasing – Erik Elkins, Data and Quality Director
• New Service Coverage
  • Paid Family Caregiving – Tina Bay, Developmental Disability Director
  • SFN 905 Requests – Mandy Dendy, Policy Director
• Medicaid Provider Guidance, Policy and Manuals webpage redesign – Mandy Dendy, Policy Director
• Operations Updates– Michelle Adams, Operations Director

4:25-4:35

• State Plan Amendments
  • 1915(i) Behavioral Health Supports and Services State Plan Amendment Approved – Melissa Klocke-Joyce, 1915(i) Administrator
  • Upcoming
• Home and Community-Based Waivers (HCBS 1915(c)) – ND current Medicaid 1915(c) HCBS Waivers page
  • Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) Waiver - Nancy Nikolas Maier, Aging Services Director
  • Traditional Individual with Intellectual Disabilities and Developmental Disabilities (IID/DD) HCBS Waiver - Tina Bay, Developmental Disability Director
  • Katherine Barchenger, Children’s Waiver Administrator
• Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) waiver
• Medically Fragile HCBS waiver (no changes)
• Hospice waiver (no changes)

Quiz

Did you Know? 

4:35-4:45

         ND Medicaid’s Tribal Liaison – Monique Runnels

4:45-5:00

         Questions?/Comments/Public Comment

Next meeting date:

         May 21, 3-5 pm CT, via Microsoft Teams

Individuals with disabilities who need accommodations, including appropriate auxiliary aids to participate, can contact Ashley Gerving at 701-328-4807, toll-free 800-755-2604, 711 (TTY) or gervingashley@nd.gov. 

Date Posted:             February 6, 2024     

Date Revised: