Susana Martinez, Governor
Sidonie Squier, Secretary
Media Contact: Matt Kennicott (505) 827-6236 or (505) 819-1402
matt.kennicott@state.nm.us
June 15, 2012
For Immediate Release
New Mexico Human Services Department Announces Public Hearings
Additional Input to be Received at 4 Additional Meetings
Santa Fe – The State of New Mexico Human Services Department (HSD) announced today that it is seeking additional public input and comment on the submission of the Centennial Care 1115 demonstration waiver to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
“With the initial submission of our waiver to CMS, we have seen the opportunity to seek out further input from New Mexicans on our work on Centennial Care,” said Sidonie Squier, Secretary of the Human Services Department. “This input will help us further shape the future of a sustainable Medicaid program to provide services to those most in need while avoiding cuts in the program. It will also help guide our discussions with the federal government as approval of the waiver progresses.”
New Mexico is in the process of modernizing the Medicaid program to ensure its sustainability into the future. New Mexico intends to do that through a request of the 1115 Demonstration Waiver that will result in Centennial Care, which will continue delivering benefits for those most in need, now and into the future, while avoiding cuts. Centennial Care 1115 Demonstration Waiver will result in:
· Maximizing chances of a healthier population
· Purchasing quality care rather than quantity of care
· Slowing the rate of growth of the program costs by maximizing administrative simplicity and focusing on better outcomes, and
· Requiring that plans, providers, recipients and the State all move together to slow the rate of growth of the cost of the program while avoiding cuts, improving quality, and modernizing our Medicaid system.
The State’s full public notice, which describes the Centennial Care Demonstration Waiver proposal in more detail, can be found on the HSD website at http://www.hsd.state.nm.us/Medicaid%20Modernization/index.html.
The State continues to solicit comments on the Centennial Care Demonstration Waiver with several options for interested parties to submit comments.
· E-mail: Medicaid.Comments@state.nm.us
· Phone: 1-855-830-5252
· Regular Mail: Centennial Care comments – Human Services Department P.O. Box 2348, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87504
HSD will hold two public hearings, another Medicaid Advisory Committee (MAC) meeting, and will present before the Legislative Health and Human Services (LHHS) Committee to solicit comments from interested parties on the Centennial Care Demonstration Waiver on:
Date: Monday, June 25, 2012
Time: 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Location: Santa Fe
Legislative Health and Human Services Committee
State Capitol, Room 307 Corner of Old Santa Fe Trail and Paseo de Peralta, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Date: Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Time: 1:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Location: Albuquerque UNM Continuing Education Building
1634 University Blvd. NE, Auditorium
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Date: Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Time: 10:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Location: Las Vegas Las Vegas Middle School - Lecture Hall
947 Old National Road
Las Vegas, New Mexico
Date: Monday, July 16, 2012
Time: 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Location: Las Cruces NM Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum
4100 Dripping Springs Road – Ventanas Room
Las Cruces, New Mexico
Webinar and/or teleconference details will be forthcoming, and will be posted on the Centennial Care page of the HSD website at http://www.hsd.state.nm.us as well as the state website at http://www.newmexico.gov/.
If you are an individual with a disability and require an accommodation to participate in the meeting, please call (505) 827-6245 or email Betina.McCracken@state.nm.us as soon as possible.
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Matt Kennicott
Communications Director | New Mexico Human Services Department | Office of the Secretary
O: (505) 827-6236 | M:(505) 819-1402
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