Telehealth & Medicaid: Access and Equity in Medicaid Telehealth Policy

Telehealth has demonstrated that it has the potential to make healthcare more accessible for hard-to-reach patient populations in medically underserved communities. However, some lessons from telehealth utilization during the COVID-19 pandemic have raised concerns about access gaps for these patients. Join the Center for Connected Health Policy (CCHP) and leading Medicaid experts this Friday, April 30, 2021 for the first webinar in our Spring webinar series, Access and Equity in Medicaid Telehealth Policy. This webinar will feature presentations on trends in telehealth access and equity including strategies to address these gaps. Attendees will hear from administrators from the Minnesota Department of Human Services, New York State Department of Health, and the Washington Health Care Authority.

Presenters include:

-Julie Marquardt, DPT, Deputy Assistant Commissioner & Deputy Medicaid, Director, Health Care Administration, Minnesota Department of Human Services
-Neerja Sing, PhD, MSW, Clinical Behavioral Health Director, Minnnesota Department of Human Services
-Kendra Muckle, Medical Assistance Specialist, New York State Department of Health
-Megan Prokorym, MPH, Office of Primary Care & Health Systems Management, New York State Department of Health
-Christopher Chen, MD, MBA, Assistant Medical Director, Washington State Health Care Authority