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DSRIP to SHERPA: NY’s Next Medicaid Waiver Keynote, Panel at Next Week’s NYAPRS Seminar; Public Comment Period Begins Next Day

by The Alliance for Rights and Recovery

NYAPRS Note: Don’t miss next week’s NYAPRS Executive Seminar presentation and panel discussion on New York’s proposed 1115 Medicaid waiver demonstration, entitled “Strategic Health Equity Reform Payment Arrangements (SHERPA): Making Targeted, Evidence-Based Investments to Address the health Disparities Exacerbated by the COVID-19 Pandemic (SHERPA)”. The waiver requests $13.52 billion over the next five (5) years to address health disparities and systemic barriers to care highlighted and exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. It seeks to fundamentally change the way the State pays for and supports the integration of social care and health care and proposes to devote $7 billion to advancing value-based payment (VBP) models and more than $1.5B committed to supportive housing initiatives – which would be the largest investment by any state Medicaid program to date.

NYAPRS is very pleased to feature the following presentations during the morning of April 27:

  • New York’s Vision for the Medicaid Waiver with Tricia Schell-Guy, Director, Division of Program Development & Management, NYS Department of Health

  • Perspectives on New York’s Next 1115 Waiver Program

Tricia Schell-Guy, Director, Division of Program Development & Management, NYS Department of Health; Robert Myers, Senior Deputy Commissioner, NYS Office of Mental Health; Lara Kassell, Coalition Coordinator, Medicaid Matters NY; John Javis, CEO, Behavioral Health New York City IPA; TBA, National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA). Moderator: Harvey Rosenthal, CEO, NYAPRS

NOTE! Our presentation conveniently falls the day before the first of two public comment period:
First Public Hearing: Thursday, April 28, 2022, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Second Public Hearing: Tuesday, May 3, 2022, 1:00pm-4:00pm
Anybody wishing to speak must pre- register and email 1115waivers@health.ny.gov no later than Wednesday, April 27, 2022, at 4pm to confirm registration for the first meeting and Monday, May 2, 2022, at 4pm for the second meeting. If you wish to speak you must register with an “SP” in front of your name (ex: SP Jane Doe)

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