Public Comment on Illinois New Disability Medicaid Waiver Proposal! -- Due January 22

as shared by 'Health and Medicine Policy Research Group (HMPRG)' ...

Many thanks to the hundreds of stakeholders who participated in the Illinois Medicaid 1115 Waiver Stakeholder process both in-person and via webinar. We're very pleased with the extraordinary interest this stakeholder process has generated in Illinois' 1115 Waiver application.

 

This is a reminder that written stakeholder comments regarding the draft of Illinois' Medicaid 1115 Waiver Application are due to Health and Medicine Policy Research Group (HMPRG) by 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, January 22, 2014.  The draft of the application has been posted here.

 

HMPRG would also like to thank the approximately 100 organizations and individuals who submitted written comments during the first round of stakeholder engagement. The comments were summarized and used by Health Management Associates and the State to inform the draft application. Written comments have been made available here.

Instructions for 1115 Waiver Draft Application comment submissions:

 

• Comments should be no longer than five pages of double-spaced text.
• Submit comments in a Microsoft Word document.
• Attempt to organize comments along the four pathways in the draft waiver application:
• Delivery System Transformation
• Population Health
• Workforce
• Home and Community-Based Infrastructure, Choice, and Coordination
• Email comments to info@HMPRG.org by the deadline of 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, January 22, 2014.
• Use "Comments on Medicaid 1115 Draft Application" as the subject line of the email submission.

 

The January 10 stakeholder engagement webinar can be accessed here. Due to technical difficulties at the beginning of the webinar, content pertinent to the 1115 waiver begins at about 23:45 on the webinar. We again apologize for the inconvenience, but are glad that ultimately, the webinar allowed for many stakeholders' questions to be answered and for meaningful dialogue about the 1115 waiver.

 

HMPRG is committed to ensuring that stakeholder input continues to be taken into account for the 1115 waiver application. We are happy that so many of you have offered your valuable input and experience to help impact and shape the State's application. We share your commitment to improving Illinois Medicaid to better meet the health and healthcare needs of Illinois' residents.

 

For further information about Illinois' Medicaid 1115 waiver, the State's webpage can be accessed here and HMPRG's webpage on this subject is here.  Contact HMPRG at info@HMPRG.org or 312-372-4292 with any questions.