New MaineCare Payment Initiatives to Expand Connections for Justice Impacted Individuals: Now and in the Future!
Join this webinar to hear about exciting justice system initiatives. MaineCare’s pilot incentive program will encourage service providers to connect with individuals being released from incarceration and provide much needed services during a crucial timeframe. Additionally the Office of MaineCare services is pursuing a Section 1115 Re-entry Demonstration that will create the opportunity for individuals who are incarcerated to have access to MaineCare up to 90 days pre-release with a focus on mental health, substance use treatment, and coordination of care.
Objectives:
- Describe the two MaineCare expansion initiatives: Incentive Payment Pilot for Services to Members Post Incarceration and 1115 Re-entry Demonstration for justice impacted populations.
- Discuss the general procedures and timelines for these initiatives.
- Articulate how these initiatives are envisioned to address the needs of justice impacted populations.
Audience:
Prescribing clinicians and their teams
Continuing Medical Education
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of the Maine Medical Education Trust and CCSME. The Maine Medical Education Trust is accredited by the Maine Medical Association Committee on Continuing Medical Education and Accreditation to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The Maine Medical Education Trust designates this regularly scheduled series for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
*Nurses and Nurse Practitioners will be awarded a certificate of participation with a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.
Contact Hours
1 contact hour for social workers, licensed clinical professional counselors, and behavioral health professionals.
1 Category I contact hour for psychologists.CCSME is a pre-approved sponsor and provider of Professional Education Activities for Psychologists.
1 contact hour for Alcohol and Drug Counselors pending approval by the Maine Board of Alcohol and Drug Counselors
1 contact hour CHES.CCSME is a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc.
Speakers
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Courtney Pladsen DNP FNP RNDr. Courtney Pladsen DNP, FNP-C is the MaineCare Medical Director and has worked in the health care safety net for over 17 years. She is a Family Medicine Nurse Practitioner with a clinical focus on primary care, substance use treatment, and harm reduction for people experiencing homelessness. She received her undergraduate degree from Boston College and her Masters and Doctoral degrees from Georgetown University where her research explored screening and addressing social determinants of health in primary care. Courtney was a fellow with the RWJF Culture of Health Leader program from 2018-2022, the Clinical Director at the National Health Care for the Homeless Council from 2020-2023, and is currently the MaineCare Medical Director. While she continues to practice clinically one day a week at Greater Portland Health’s Health Care for the Homeless Clinic, Courtney is passionate about improving health systems to provide equitable care for the most marginalized individuals in Maine.
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Kaley BoucherProgram CoordinatorKaley is the program coordinator of Behavioral Health Home and Opioid Health Home Delivery System Reform.
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Loretta DutillMaineCare Operations Manager, Delivery System Reform Unit
