Family Voices Indiana

CMS recently released a proposed rule to ensure the application of the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA) of 2008 to Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP). The Act is intended to ensure that mental health and substance use disorder benefits are no more restrictive than medical and surgical services. This blog post from Community Catalyst explains the significance of the proposed rule. 
For a fact sheet and other information related to the application of the MHPAEA to Medicaid and CHIP, see this CMS press release and this page from Medicaid.gov.  
Comments are due June 9.

Family Voices Indiana Seeking a Family Leader to serve as an additional Health Information Specialist in Southern Indiana
If you are a parent of a child with a disability, Family Voices of Indiana wants and needs YOU!

The Indiana Family to Family Health Information Center Project will:
Address the health care financing information needs of Indiana’s families raising children with special health care needs and disabilities
Connect families to existing resources, direct support and advocacy
Support and expand our parent to parent network statewide
Now accepting applications from Family Leaders to support this project as contractors working up to 40 hours a month from your community
Requirements: Live in Southern Indiana (Bloomington, Evansville, Jeffersonville, etc) •Must be the parent of a child with special health care needs •Knowledge of Family Leadership •Knowledge of services and systems in Indiana. (We provide additional training and support) Responsibilities: Provide information, assistance and …

Family Voices Indiana Seeking a Family Leader to serve as an additional Health Information Specialist in the Central Indiana area
If you are a parent of a child with a disability, Family Voices of Indiana wants and needs YOU!



The Indiana Family to Family Health Information Center Project will:
Address the health care financing information needs of Indiana’s families raising children with special health care needs and disabilities
Connect families to existing resources, direct support and advocacy
Support and expand our parent to parent network statewide
Now accepting applications from Family Leaders to support this project as contractors working up to 40 hours a month from your community
Requirements: Live in Indy area or surrounding counties (central IN) •Must be the parent of a child with special health care needs •Knowledge of Family Leadership •Knowledge of services and systems in Indiana. (We provide additional training and support) Responsibilities: Provide information, assistance and support r…

Proposal will modernize and improve quality of care for Medicaid and CHIP managed care plans
Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed to modernize Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) managed care regulations to update the programs’ rules and strengthen the delivery of quality care for beneficiaries. This proposed rule is the first major update to Medicaid and CHIP managed care regulations in more than a decade. It would improve beneficiary communications and access, provide new program integrity tools, support state efforts to deliver higher quality care in a cost-effective way, and better align Medicaid and CHIP managed care rules and practices with other sources of health insurance coverage. Overall, this proposed rule supports the agency’s mission of better care, smarter spending, and healthier people.
“A lot has changed in terms of best practices and the delivery of important health services in the managed care field over the last …