On Monday, July 28 from 1 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. EDT, the Kaiser Family Foundation will hold an interactive web briefing to examine the experiences and lessons of four states – Colorado, Connecticut, Kentucky, and Washington – that each established state-based Marketplaces, expanded their Medicaid programs, and successfully enrolled eligible individuals into Medicaid and Marketplace coverage under the ACA.
The briefing will draw upon a new issue brief released today by the Foundation’s Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured (KCMU), What Worked and What’s Next? Strategies in Four States Leading ACA Enrollment Efforts. Based on interviews with key stakeholders in each state — including Medicaid and Marketplace officials, consumer advocates, enrollment assisters and providers – the brief identifies the key strategies that contributed to the four states’ success in the inaugural ACA open enrollment period and highlights the states’ priorities looking forward.
Samantha Artiga, an associate director of the KCMU, will present findings on key strategies that contributed to the open enrollment successes in these four states related to marketing and branding, outreach and enrollment, consumer assistance and enrollment system design and program operations.
Panelists from each of the four study states will highlight current and future priorities to continue to build upon their enrollment success and connect newly covered people to care. Panelists will include:
- Kevin Counihan, CEO, Access Health CT
- Lisa Lee, Deputy Commissioner, Kentucky Department for Medicaid Services
- Taylor Roddy, Marketing & Communications Manager, Connect for Health Colorado
- Rudy Vasquez, Managed Care Operations Director, Sea Mar Community Health Centers of Washington
The web briefing is free and open to the public. Those who wish to register must RSVP by clicking here. Shortly after registering, each participant will receive a confirmation email that contains information about how to join the web briefing.