Medicaid community reinvestment requirements enable states to require or incentivize state contractors to reinvest in the communities they serve. State laws, waivers, and contracts that include community reinvestment provisions have specified reinvestments (using percentage of profits and/or performance measures) in community initiatives that align with the state’s key priorities, e.g., improving healthy food access. These programs are anticipated to improve community health and wealth, not just the health and wealth of Medicaid enrollees.
On January 14, 2025, UCSF Social Interventions Research & Evaluation Network (SIREN) and the Center for Health Law & Policy Innovation of Harvard Law School hosted a webinar on these innovative approaches and planned evaluations from state Medicaid leaders and other population health research experts.
The webinar, targeted at an audience of health care providers, social care providers, health policy practitioners, policymakers, and researchers, had 350 live attendees.
Panelists:
- Dana Flannery, Medicaid Director, New Mexico Human Services Department
- Elizabeth Hertel, MBA, Director, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services
- Emma Sandoe, PhD, MPH, Medicaid Director, Oregon Health Authority
Discussant: Craig Pollack, MD, MHS, Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Johns Hopkins School of Nursing
Moderator: Erika Hanson, JD, Clinical Instructor, Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation, Harvard Law
