North Dakota Human Services Medicaid Meeting Today

NEWS from the North Dakota Department of Human Services
600 E Boulevard Ave, Bismarck ND 58505-0250
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 19, 2009
Contacts: Maggie Anderson, Medical Services Division Director, 701-328-2321, or Heather
Steffl, Public Information Officer, 701-328-4933
Committee Advising N.D. Medicaid Program to Meet Oct. 27
BISMARCK, N.D. – The North Dakota Department of Human Services announced today
that the state’s Medicaid Medical Advisory Committee will meet Tuesday, October 27,
2009, at 1:30 p.m. at the North Dakota Long Term Care Association, 1900 N. 11th St.,
in Bismarck. The public is welcome to attend.
The committee meets quarterly to hear reports and to advise the department about the
operation of the Medicaid program, which is the state and federally-funded health
program that serves qualifying low-income elderly individuals, pregnant women,
children, and people with disabilities. Currently, about 59,000 North Dakotans are
eligible.
Meeting agenda items include: enrollment data, the disproportionate share hospital
audit, and updates on the Community of Care program, Steele Care Center (2009
House Bill 1327), Medicaid Program Integrity Contractors, the Program for All-Inclusive
Care of the Elderly, the Money Follows the Person grant, and continuous eligibility.
Additional agenda items include a presentation on the H1N1 flu and vulnerable
populations, an MMIS project update, and discussion on modernizing Medicaid, which
includes next steps on medical home and care coordination and dental access efforts.
The committee includes legislators, advocates, and representatives from health care
provider associations, independent living centers, the County Social Services Directors
Association, the governor’s office, the N.D. Department of Health, the N.D. Department
of Human Services, and a program recipient.
For information, contact North Dakota’s Medicaid Director Maggie Anderson at
701-328-2321.
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