Social Services Advisory Council Health & Wellness Committee Agenda and Minutes - 05/10/24

Agenda

May 10, 2024

11:00 AM

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  1. Welcome
  2. Public Participation *
  3. Approval of Meeting Minutes: March 13, 2024
  4. Recommendations for DHS on Transgender Non-Binary Health Equity Program
  5. Discussion: Smaller CBO Participation in Medicaid Billing for Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services with Lizzie Kepler, Associate Director, Medicaid Technical Assistance Center (MTAC). (MTAC is a partnership between HFS and the University of Illinois.)
  6. Adjournment

* If you would like to submit a public comment, please email your comment to Clare.Fisher@illinois.gov by 8:00 AM on Friday, May 10, 2024.

Minutes

  1. I. Welcome
    1. Committee Members in Attendance
      1. Ireta Gadner
      2. Dan Lustig
      3. Loren Simmons
      4. Sandy Tiania
      5. Tony Woods
    2. Guests in Attendance
      1. Lizzie Kepler
      2. Chris Gleason
      3. Jerome Beverly
  2. Public Participation *
    1. None received.
  3. Approval of Meeting Minutes: March 13, 2024
    1. Motion to approve by Loren Simmons. Seconded by Ireta Gasner
  4. Recommendations for DHS on Transgender Non-Binary Health Equity Program
    1. Clare Fisher summarized the recommendation received by the committee and asked for any additional recommendations to be sent via email.
  5. Discussion: Smaller CBO Participation in Medicaid Billing for Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services with Lizzie Kepler, Associate Director, Medicaid Technical Assistance Center (MTAC). (MTAC is a partnership between HFS and the University of Illinois.)
    1. MTAC team provided an overview of their work on provider training, learning collaboratives, web-based resources, network adequacy reports, and outreach & engagement to community healthcare providers.
    2. MTAC also discussed their opportunities for stakeholder collaboration.
    3. Ireta Gasner: This is great information.
    4. Loren Simmons: I also appreciate this information.
    5. Dan Lustig: Value-based contracting is a really critical topic, especially in the substance abuse field. Training on bias and equity issues is the most critical in this arena
    6. Ireta Gasner: The question of where medical process and billing ends and when the focus on equity and bias begins - there is a gray area. There is a lot of work happening across state departments and I appreciate that MTAC is trying to be a repository of accessible information for HFS, but this could be helpful for other state agencies too
    7. Ireta Gasner: Are you liaising with DHS at all?
      1. Lizzie Kepler: I am in some groups that involve inter-agency collaboration. For example, 988 and CARES line, 1115 waiver
    8. Ireta Gasner: How are you approaching maternal health providers?
      1. Lizzie Kepler: Trying to demystify the Medicaid program - what it is, what services are provided, Medicaid set up step
    9. Tony Woods: My organization's case workers are being trained as doulas, trying to have a more public health approach. Cultural competence is key to administering these services.
  6. Adjournment