Meeting Notice Tribal Consultation (March 12, 2026)

Start: Thursday, March 12, 2026 - 08:30 am
End: Thursday, March 12, 2026 - 10:30 am

ND Medicaid Tribal Consultation Meeting Notice

Thursday, March 12, 2026
8:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Central Time

Attendance Options

  • Online Attendance
    • Join Microsoft Teams Meeting
      • Meeting ID: 268 462 149 743 33
      • Passcode: Zz3wP2BV
  • In-Person Attendance
    • Sky Dancer Event Center 
      • 3965 Sky Dancer Drive NE
      • Belcourt, ND 58316

Agenda

8:30 – 8:40 a.m. Opening

  • Smudge
  • Welcome and Introductions
    • Facilitator: Monique Runnels, ND Tribal Medicaid Liaison

8:40 – 8:50 a.m. Public Health 

  • Public Health Updates
    • Presenter: Alicia Belay, Assistant Director, Community Engagement
    • Q&A session

8:50 – 9:20 a.m. Tribal Consultation Letters

  • Developmental Disabilities (DD) Waiver Amendments
    • Presenter: Tina Bay, Director, DD Waiver
    • Tribal Consultation
  • Medically Fragile Waiver Renewal
    • Presenter: Kat Barchenger, Children’s Waiver Administrator
    • Tribal Consultation
  • Medicaid Expansion 1915(b) Waiver Renewal
    • Presenter: Jared Ferguson, Medicaid Expansion Administrator
    • Tribal Consultation

9:20 – 9:40 a.m. Policy Updates

  • Behavioral Health rehabilitation services and speech therapy update
    • Presenter: Janice Tweet, Coverage Policy Director
    • Tribal Consultation
  • Tribal Health Program and IHS policy update
    • Presenter: Monique Runnels, Tribal Medicaid Liaison
    • Tribal Consultation

9:40 – 10:00 a.m. Traditional Healthcare Services 

  • Traditional Healthcare Services Updates
    • Resilient Pathways Symposium
    • Meeting with CMS
    • Discussion of Next Steps
    • Presenter: Monique Runnels, ND Tribal Medicaid Liaison
    • Tribal Consultation

10:00 – 10:30 a.m. Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP)

  • RHTP Updates
    • Presenter: Krista Fremming, Interim Medical Services Director
    • Tribal Consultation

10:30 – 10:45 a.m. Break

  • Fifteen-minute break following Tribal Consultation

10:45 – 11:30 a.m. Debrief and Technical Assistance

  • Discussion of consultation topics
  • Rural Health Transformation Program Technical assistance checklist review

Date Posted: 02/26/2026