Jason Helgerson, New
York’s Medicaid Director, will address the Albany Roundtable on Wednesday, March
14.
Albany Roundtable luncheon meetings are held at the National
Register-listed University Club, 141 Washington Avenue at Dove Street in
Albany, and are open to the public.
In January,
2011, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced in his State of the State address that
he had issued an Executive Order aimed at redesigning New York’s outsized
Medicaid program. The order called for the creation of a new Medicaid Redesign
Team to find ways to save money within the Medicaid program.
New York spends more, per capita, on Medicaid than any
other state in the country. In an effort to rein in the program’s rising costs,
Gov. Cuomo tapped Jason Helgerson to be the state Medicaid director, and to
serve as Executive Director of the NYS Medicaid Design Team. Helgerson previously
oversaw Wisconsin’s “BadgerCare Plus” and Medicaid programs, and is credited to
have trimmed the state’s Medicaid budget by 4.8%. The Wisconsin model
focused on making it easier for people to enroll while reforming reimbursement
rates, but without dictating how that would be done.
The cost for the luncheon is $15, which
may be paid at the door. The University Club will serve lunch from 12:00 noon
to 1:00 p.m., with the program commencing at 12:30. Reservations for the March
14 luncheon are required by Monday, March 12 and may be made by calling
518-431-1400 (the Albany Colonie Regional Chamber of Commerce) or by sending an
e-mail to albanyroundtable@yahoo.com.
For additional information visit www.albanyroundtable.blogspot.com.
