Upcoming Events
Overview of the Medicaid Eligibility Final Rule
Thursday, March 22nd – 1:30pm-2:30pm EST
Presenter: Cindy Mann, CMS Deputy Administrator & Director, Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services
Moderator: Jennifer Ryan, Deputy Director for Policy, Children and Adults Health Programs Group, Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services
Register for this event: https://mathematicampr.webex.com/mathematicampr/onstage/g.php?t=a&d=669513386
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services is hosting a series of webinars to explain key components of the Medicaid Eligibility final rule. For more information refer to the Eligibility & Enrollment Final Rule Webinars page.
4th Annual CMS Multi-State Medicaid HITECH Conference
Baltimore, Maryland – April 10-12, 2012
The conference is an excellent opportunity for the Center for Medicaid and Chip Services to meet with colleagues from State Medicaid agencies, federal partners and health information technology industry leaders to encourage exchange of programmatic information and share best practices related to the Medicaid EHR Incentive Program, Health Information Technology and Health Information Exchange (HIT/HIE).
For more information, see www.medicaidhitechconference.com
2nd Annual CMS National Medicaid/CHIP Quality Conference: Improving Care and Proving It!
Baltimore, Maryland – June 14-15, 2012
The second annual CMS Medicaid/CHIP Quality Conference: Improving Care and Proving It! will be held on June 14-15, 2012 at the Sheraton Inner Harbor Hotel in Baltimore, MD. The Conference will include breakout sessions on data collection and use, children's health care quality measurement, as well as preventive and oral health. The Conference will also highlight CMS priority initiatives and include State technical assistance and resources for Medicaid and CHIP quality measurement.
Please visit the following link to register for the Conference and for information about discounted hotel rates: http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/WEB22FLRW26Y5U. Conference registration will close on Friday, May 25, 2012.
MMIS Conference – Boston, Massachusetts – August 19-23, 2012
The national Medicaid Management Information Systems (MMIS) conference is an annual meeting for state, federal and private sector individuals to provide them with opportunities to exchange ideas related to Medicaid management information systems (MMIS) and health policy affected by those systems. States volunteer to host the event and work with a committee of federal, state and private sector representatives to plan and execute the conference. Over the past nine years, the five-day MMIS conferences have been held in Louisiana, Oklahoma, Montana, Rhode Island, California, Tennessee, Illinois, Oregon, and Texas. Business meetings are held on Sunday and general sessions and breakout sessions are held Monday through Thursday. The conference topics typically focus on issues related to Medicaid Enterprise systems procurement, funding, and operations. CMS participates and offers sessions on their current initiatives related to the Medicaid Information Technology Architecture (MITA), health information technology (HIT), and federal legislation such as the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
For more information, see www.mmisconference.org.
Past Conferences:
Connecting Kids to Coverage: 2nd National Children's Health Insurance Summit
The Summit, held in Chicago on November 1-3, 2011, brought together Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (CHIPRA) outreach grantees, state agencies, tribes, health care providers, nonprofit groups, researchers, advocates and others focused on reaching out, enrolling and retaining eligible children in Medicaid and CHIP. For two and a half days, nearly 400 attendees from all over the country participated in a wide range of substantive workshops and communications skill-building sessions designed to share effective strategies and innovative approaches to outreach and enrollment. For more details view the conference agenda, or visit http://insurekidsnow.gov/professionals/events/index.html for additional materials and presentations.
Money Follows the Person Summit October 17 - 19, 2011
The 2011 MFP Summit convened representatives from the MFP to share information and best practices related to activities for transitioning individuals with disabilities to community living and achieving the rebalancing goals of the program. See more information at www.mfp-tac.com/2011_Summit_Materials.aspx.
Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services (CMCS) National Eligibility Conference
On September 7-9, 2011, CMCS held it's national eligibility conference entitled, "On the Road to 2014: Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Eligibility and Enrollment," which offered states and other interested stakeholders with two days of discussion and interaction around CMCS and state collective work in implementing the Affordable Care Act. The conference was well attended by more than 300 individuals and was held in Baltimore, MD. The National Eligibility Conference agenda can be downloaded for your convenience. In addition, presentations and other materials are also available.
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) National Medicaid/CHIP Quality Conference: Improving Care, Lowering Costs
The first annual CMS Medicaid/CHIP Quality Conference: Improving Care, Lowering Costs was held on August 23-24, 2011 and had 250 participants. The conference included a networking and collaboration session, highlighted CMS priority initiatives, and included state technical assistance and resources for establishing infrastructure and tools for Medicaid and CHIP quality measurement. The conference included break out sessions on data collection, initial core set quality measures reporting, analytic support, and program improvement. Please look for our “Save-the-Date” announcement for the 2012 CMS Medicaid and CHIP Quality Conference very soon!