CHCS July 18, 2024
Hamilton, NJ, July 18, 2024 – The Center for Health Care Strategies (CHCS) today announced seven states — Alaska, Arizona, Maine, Michigan, North Dakota, Oregon, and Virginia — selected to participate in the Building State Capacity for Community-Informed Policymaking Learning and Action Series. This project will support Medicaid agencies in establishing or strengthening a Beneficiary Advisory Council (BAC) that aligns with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) vision for centering lived experience in Medicaid decision-making processes.
Medicaid programs increasingly recognize the value of partnering with individuals with Medicaid lived experience to inform program and policy development and implementation. Given final CMS rules for states to establish new types of member advisory groups, Medicaid agencies have an increased imperative...