Inside Medicaid

Home and Community Based Services or HCBS are Medicaid programs designed to allow people to live independently in their homes and communities rather than in institutional settings. HCBS covers a wide range of medical and non-medical services and supports to ensure long-term health, safety and the well-being of people and their needs.In this episode, Courtney Burke and Adam Herbst discuss Medicaid waivers and explore New York’s HCBS waivers. They also focus on why HCBS is so important to people receiving these supports and services and how HCBS reduces unmet healthcare needs of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Adam shares key takeaways as Chair of the Master Plan on Aging in serving people with I/DD who are getting older.

This first podcast discusses the populations of people Medicaid serves, how well Medicaid reaches the populations it’s intended to serve, the state and federal Medicaid partnership, the cost benefit of Medicaid and how the Affordable Care Act changed Medicaid.Podcast Participants: Lara Kassel, Director, Medicaid Matters New YorkKate Breslin, President/CEO, Schuyler Center for Advocacy and Analysis

The New York Alliance for Inclusion and Innovation is launching a podcast that takes a look at how Medicaid works, how the program is financed, and why it’s a lifeline to so many people including New Yorkers with intellectual and developmental disabilities. We’re calling the podcast “Inside Medicaid”. Courtney Burke of Sachs Policy Group is the host. Listen in as we explore New York’s Medicaid program as it relates to people with disabilities, how the system works, the different Medicaid waivers, what’s changing in public policy and what it all means for people, providers, families and communities.