Illinois Association of Medicaid Health Plans (IAMHP)

IAMHP Legislative Consultant, John Lowder, returns to the podcast to talk about the 2024 State Budget and what it means for the Medicaid program in Illinois. 

Trisha Rodriquez, Director of Public Policy and Government Relations at IAMHP, returns to the podcast to talk about significant reform that came out of the 2023 Legislative Session in Springfield that promotes health equity and access to healthcare services for Medicaid members. 

Joyce Moffitt, Director of the Greater Chicago Chapter of Safe Families for Children, joins Samantha to talk about the work they’re doing to support the safety of children in Illinois and keep families together through crises and hardships. For more information visit Safe-Families.org.

Utica Gray, National Director at Fresh Start Caring for Kids Foundation, joins the podcast to talk about the importance of providing life-changing surgeries for children at no-cost. For more information visit http://www.freshstartkids.org.

Juli Goldstein, VP of Government Affairs and Market Access at Digital Diagnostics, an IAMHP Trusted Partner, stops by the podcast to talk about the use of AI to improve access to care and critical eye health outcomes in diabetes patients. 

Jean Drummond, President at HCD International, joins Samantha to talk about how we as an industry can use social influencers of health to drive improved health outcomes. 

Kaitlin Shepherd, Sr. Director of Government Health Plans at HHAeXchange, an IAMHP Trusted Partner, and Andrew Segal, CEO of Ansega Health Solutions join Samantha to discuss the importance of effective data to drive better healthcare outcomes. 

Illinois State Representative LaShawn Ford joins Samantha to talk about the importance of Opioid and Heroin overdose prevention and the risk of losing coverage during Medicaid redeterminations.

Phil Stalboerger, VP of Public Affairs at MTM, an IAMHP Trusted Partner, returns to the podcast to discuss how MTM continues to address social influencers of health through transportation.

Isaac Palmer, CEO of Qartek, an IAMHP Trusted Partner, joins the podcast for a very timely discussion on how they are working to meet the increased need of advanced outreach and engagement for the Medicaid program during the redetermination period here in Illinois.