Discusses how collaborating with stakeholders and understanding their perspectives can spark meaningful change within Medicaid programs.

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Features three Medicaid leaders whose unique backgrounds — in nursing, technology, and politics — have helped shape their roles as trusted advisors to Medicaid directors.

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Explores North Dakota’s Cross-Disability Advisory Council, a unique partnership between agency staff and parents working together to improve programs for children with disabilities and their families.

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Highlights the importance of respect in building partnerships with tribes and acknowledges how the rich histories of these communities impacts their needs, health, and well-being.

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Supporting families of children with special health care needs is critical to ensuring their health and well-being, and helping them stay together as a family. This episode of the Medicaid Leadership Exchange podcast explores how Medicaid agencies can better serve children with special health care needs and their families. The episode emphasizes the importance of... Read more »

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Navigating Medicaid can be daunting, especially when an individual or family member has complex needs. This challenge is compounded when siloed state agencies have poor communication, which can prevent individuals and families from receiving coordinated services that meet their needs. This episode of the Medicaid Leadership Exchange podcast shares the story of Mark Butler, parent... Read more »

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Explores the importance of integrating benefits for dually eligible populations to create more person-centered care and services for members.

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Highlights the lack of adequate maternal care in rural communities across the country, and spotlights the work of Virginia and Mississippi Medicaid to address existing disparities.

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