Meeting Notice - Medicaid Medical Advisory Committee (May 21, 2024)

Medicaid Medical Advisory Committee Meeting
Tuesday, May 21, 2024
3-5pm CT

Virtual Information 
Microsoft Teams (video and audio available through Teams) or 
701-328-0950 (conference ID: 171 858 981#)

Agenda 

Roll call

Announcement & introduction of new MMAC members

• Nikki Wegner – Long Term Care Association Representative (replacing Shawn Stuhaug)
• Newly selected member

Education Topic

3:05-3:20

Medicaid Expansion – Jared Ferguson, Medicaid Expansion Administrator

Follow-up

3:20-3:55

• Ensuring Access to Medicaid Services Final Rule (CMS-2442-F) Finalized – Mandy Dendy, Policy Director
• Paid Family Caregiver Pilot – Tina Bay, Developmental Disability Director
• Cross-Disability Advisory Council (CDAC) Update – Kevin Miller, Facilitator
• Community Health Worker Task Force Update – Brian Barrett, Facilitator

Discussion

3:55-4:00

• Growing our Member E-Newsletter – Discussion

Poll

Medical Services Division Updates

4:00-4:30

• Unwinding of ND Medicaid continuous enrollment. Continuous enrollment ended March 31, 2023 and these renewals are now complete. Final summary – Krista Fremming, Assistant Medicaid Director
• Eligibility Rule Finalization – Joyce Johnson, Eligibility Policy Director
• Medicaid webpage redesign – Medicaid Landing and Provider Pages – Mandy Dendy, Policy Director
• 1915(i) Reinvestment, State Plan Behavioral Health Supports & Services – Melissa Klocke-Joyce and Monica Haugen, 1915(i) Administrators
• Ordering, Referring, Prescribing Policy effective May 1, 2024 – Jennifer Sanders, Business Analyst
• State Plan Amendments
• 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 
  • Hospice waiver 

Did you Know? 

4:30-4:40

Need Help Applying for Medicaid? Lisa Scott – Regional Policy and Process Manager

• Authorized Representative and Trusted Partner

4:40-5:00

Questions?/Comments/Public Comment

Next meeting date:

August 20, 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:  Jan. 8, 2024
Date Revised: May 7, 2024 (agenda/meeting details added)