CSG members registered for the June Medicaid Policy Academy to learn more about Medicaid and how states can improve health outcomes for enrollees and, at the same time, run a more cost efficient program. Besides hearing from the chief federal administrator of Medicaid, Cindy Mann, Director of the Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services at DHHS, attendees listened to a panel of state policymakers explain reforms to their programs in Kansas, Oklahoma, Iowa and Georgia. Other speakers identified opportunities for reform in behavioral health, long-term care and managed care.

It turned out that they couldn’t have asked for a more exciting time to come to the nation’s capital. The meeting date coincided with the Supreme Court’s decision on the Affordable Care Act. The meeting was tuned to television and Internet coverage. Lisa Soronen, executive director of the State and Local Legal Center, dissected the decision and what it means for states in the coming years.

See all the presentations from the Policy Academy below.

Lisa Soronen, Executive Director, State and Local Legal Center

Listen to the Webinar: "Supreme Court, Health Care, and the States"

Robin Rudowitz, Associate Director, Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, Kaiser Family Foundation

Download the Presentation: "5 Key Questions and Answers About Medicaid" in PDF (without audio)

Vernon K. Smith, PhD,  Health Management Associates

  Download the Presentation: "Medicaid in the Big Picture: Past, Present and Future" in PDF (without audio)

Lt. Governor Jeff Colyer, M.D., Kansas

  Download the Presentation: "On Strategy:  Taking Strategic Control of Your Medicaid Program" in PDF (without audio)

Garth L. Splinter, M.D., MBA, State Medicaid Director, Oklahoma

  Download the Presentation: "Oklahoma’s Cost Control Projects" in PDF (without audio)

Jennifer Vermeer, State Medicaid Director, Iowa

  Download the Presentation: "Promising Practices – Perspectives from Iowa" in PDF (without audio)

Mark Trail, Managing Principal, Health Management Associates

  Download the Presentation: "State Perspectives: Georgia Redesign" in PDF (without audio)

Thomas L. Johnson, President & CEO, Medicaid Health Plans of America

  Download the Presentation: "Medicaid Managed Care and Best Practices " in PDF (without audio)

Tim Engelhardt, Director for Demonstrations, Modeling, and Analytics, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, DHHS

  Download the Presentation: "Coordinating Care for Medicare-Medicaid Enrollees" in PDF (without audio)

Enid Kassner, Director, Independent Living & Long-Term Care, AARP Public Policy Institute

  Download the Presentation: "Long Term Services and Supports: The Role of Medicaid" in PDF (without audio)

Candace DeMatteis, JD, MPH, Policy Director, Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease

  Download the Presentation: "Understanding and Addressing ‘Hot Spots’ Critical to Bending the Medicaid Cost Curve" in PDF (without audio)

Kavita Choudhry, Manager, States’ Health Care Costs Project, Pew Center on the States

  Download the Presentation: "Medicaid Cost Containment: Detecting Fraud & Abuse" in PDF (without audio)

Chuck Ingoglia, Vice President, Public Policy, National Council for Community Behavioral Health

  Download the Presentation: "Medicaid and Behavioral Health: Opportunities for Improvement" in PDF (without audio)

Stacey Mazer, Senior Staff Associate, National Association of State Budget Officers

  Download the Presentation: "State Fiscal Outlook" in PDF (without audio)