D.C. MEDICAL CARE ADVISORY COMMITTEE
ACCESS SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING
THEME: Ensuring Access in the Managed Care Transition
Wednesday, January 13, 2021, 9:30-11:15 am
WebEx Meeting number: 172 256 0163
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AGENDA
9:30 AM Meeting Purpose, Technical Issues, and Introductions
Robert Hay Jr., Medical Society of DC; and Taylor Woods, DHCF
9:35 AM Managed Care Organization (MCO) Provider Network Requirements and Management
Felecia Stovall, DHCF
9:50 AM Verbal Testimony: Steps Taken by MCOs to Create a Network that Ensures Access
o Amerihealth Caritas DC (5 minutes)
o MedStar Family Choice (5 minutes)
o CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Community Health Plan District of Columbia (5
minutes)
Each MCO has been requested to share the strategies used to recruit specialists and primary care
providers (that are not part of a FQHC, hospital, or provider group) to their network to ensure sufficient
access to these services.
10:05 AM Group Discussion: Ensuring Access in the Managed Care Transition
All Attendees
10:45 AM Presentation: Perinatal Health at the Department of Health Care Finance
Dr. Pamela Riley, DHCF
10:55 AM Group Discussion: Follow up Discussion on Access to Perinatal Health
All Attendees
11:10 AM Wrap Up and Next Steps
Robert Hay Jr., Medical Society of DC
11:15 AM Adjournment
Robert Hay Jr., Medical Society of DC
The DHCF MCAC Access Subcommittee will hold a virtual meeting on access issues related to recent Medicaid reforms and new managed care contracts. The meeting will focus on MCO outreach to specialist and primary care providers while covering other issues related to Access on the transition to managed care. The meeting will also hold a presentation on perinatal services available through DHCF and a follow up discussion from the previous Subcommittee meeting on perinatal health. We have added a hold on an extra 15 minutes of meeting time in order to accommodate the breadth of material we will cover.
The Access Subcommittee is held the second Wednesday of every other month. These meetings are open to all members of the public and you are encouraged to share this calendar invite with others who may be interested. Please reach out to Taylor Woods at [email protected] to be included on all MCAC Access correspondence.
The scope of the Access Subcommittee is to: 1) Provide feedback on DHCF’s ongoing efforts to enhance beneficiary and provider input; 2) Alert DHCF to emerging access issues for particular providers or beneficiary groups; and 3) Alert DHCF to any other efforts to study or monitor access to health care in the District. The Access Subcommittee will select a topic and invite experts and stakeholders on each topic before each meeting.
Meeting information:
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Meeting number:
172 256 0163
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