Native American Technical Advisory Committee (NATAC) 05/09/13 Notes

Native American Technical Advisory Committee (NATAC)

MEETING NOTES for May 9, 2013

Time:  Start 1:00 pm –End – 4:00 pm    Place:  Los Griegos Community Center

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Chair:    Julie Weinberg, Medicaid Director   

Recorder:      Theresa Belanger, NA Liaison, Medicaid

Committee Members:         Roxane Spruce-Bly (Laguna), Floyd Thompson (Navajo-IHS), David Antle (Isleta), Suzy Ashcroft (Navajo Nation), Dave Panana (Jemez), Sandra Winfrey (Albuq.-IHS), Anthony Yepa (KPHC), Rick Vigil (Tesuque), Nathan Tsosie (Santa Ana), Mark Martinez (Zuni)

           

Absent Members:   

   

Staff & Visitors Attending:      Karla Gonzales, Medical Assistance Division

DISCUSSION ITEM	Outcome	FOLLOW-UP ACTION	RESPONSIBLE PERSON/ DEPARTMENT	EXPECTED OR required cOMPLETION dATE
Primary contact for the NATAC	Julie Weinberg appointed Theresa Belanger, NA Liaison with Medicaid, as the primary contact for this committee		Theresa Belanger	completed
Update from CMS	Julie went over the March 5, 2013 response from CMS regarding the lll5 Waiver - Centennial Care   Native Americans in Medicaid fee for service will be status quo.  NA’s currently enrolled in Salud may remain in managed care or be in fee for service Persons who are dually eligible (CoLTS members) will be required to remain in managed care		Julie Weinberg	ongoing
Purpose of Committee	To advise Medicaid Director on: member communication, issues of readiness with Centennial Care messaging to NA’s about Centennial Care that is effective and understandable Improve on payment process to I/T/Us effective MCO training for correct and efficient payments to I/T/Us the purpose of this Committee will be memorialized in the Standard Terms and Conditions in the MCO contracts Julie Weinberg told the committee members that she needs their advice on a series  of topics having to do with Centennial Care and Native Americans and I/T/Us, and that she would give them the topics she wanted advice on and they were free to bring up other topics and provide advice on anything else they wanted.  She emphasized that this committee’s charge is to advise her but that it was the members’ committee.		Julie Weinberg	ongoing
Rep from urban Indian community	Request for representation from the urban community to the NATAC.  Theresa will reach out to Linda Son-Stone at First Nations		Theresa	Next meeting
V.                  Role between                      MCOs and I/T/Us	Group discussion on how the MCOs can partner with tribal communities, training for IHS on what MCOs want to accomplish with care coordination for their patients, have a link between I/T/Us and the MCOs, set meetings with MCOs and tribes and have tribes set the agenda, I/T/Us need to know who the MCOs partner with (local hospitals, doctors, clinics, etc.), and how do the MCO’s partner with tribal communities?		Group	ongoing
Proposed Subcommittees	Committee members agreed that they did not want separate subcommittees for MCO payment/billing issues and communication/outreach on Centennial Care as Julie Weinberg had proposed. The Committee preferred to meet together to address these two issues.		Group	ongoing
Housekeeping items	These meetings don’t take the place of Tribal Consultation One vote for each member No chair – keep the meeting informal Group determines the agenda for each meeting. Theresa will keep track of agenda items – deletions and additions Theresa will send Governors’ notes from each meeting along as well as to the appointed reps from each Governor Meetings will be closed to the public Meeting will be posted on the HSD website		Group	ongoing
Next meeting	The next meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, May 29, 2013 at the Los Griegos Community Center from 1-3 pm.  Group requested that Julie Weinberg start the next meeting with an overview of the structure of Centennial Care. For those who cannot attend in person, audio and visual hook up is being arranged.	Send agenda items to Theresa	Group	May 27, 2013

Respectfully submitted:            Theresa Belanger                        May 13, 2013

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