Past Events
Time: 1:00 pm - 3:00 p.m.
Location: Zoom Webinar
Keynote: Aparna Soni, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Health Policy & Management, Indiana University-Indianapolis Fairbanks School of Public Health
Keynote: Renée M. Landers, JD, Visiting McKinney Family Chair in Health Law, Indiana University McKinney School of Law
Moderator: Jami Sayeed, JD, Visiting Assistant Professor of Law, Indiana University McKinney School of Law
Medicaid is a government-funded health insurance program in the United States that provides low-cost or free medical coverage to eligible individuals and families, including those with low income, disabilities, and certain other circumstances. It is jointly funded by the federal government and individual states, with each state administering its own Medicaid program within federal guidelines. Since its establishment 60 years ago, Medicaid has grown into an insurer of approximately 1 in 5 Americans and has had significant impact on both individuals and healthcare systems in the United States.
This session will begin by examining the history of the Medicaid program and its expansion over the past 60 years. Second, we will summarize the impact on health and non-health outcomes, including access to care, uninsured rates, preventive care utilization, hospitalizations, chronic care management, financial security, and labor market outcomes. Next, we will cover how states have used Medicaid state waivers to implement modifications to their Medicaid programs that differ from standard federal rules. We will conclude by presenting recent federal- and state-level proposed changes to the Medicaid program regarding enrollment policies and work requirements.
This program will only be offered online and you must register for the Zoom Webinar using the link below. Following registration, you will receive an email with a link to join the Webinar. To enable participation in the polling throughout the webinar for CLE credit, please ensure that you are joining the webinar from the Zoom application (desktop or mobile). Note that joining the webinar from a web browser is not compatible and doing so will result in not receiving CLE credit.
E-mail certificates will be provided certifying attendance for those wishing to apply for CLE credit outside of Indiana.
CEU Certificates are available for Indiana Behavioral Health & Human Services Providers.
About the speakers
Professor Aparna Soni is a health economist and associate professor in the Department of Health Policy & Management at Indiana University Indianapolis, Fairbanks School of Public Health. She is also a research affiliate at the IZA Institute of Labor Economics and University of Wisconsin’s Center for Financial Security. Previously, Aparna was an assistant professor at American University’s School of Public Affairs.
Dr. Soni studies the impacts of public programs and policies on individuals’ health. Three particular areas of interest are: 1) the relationship between health insurance, public program participation, and health; 2) policies to improve health behaviors and mental health; and 3) reducing behavioral health inequities. Her work has been published in journals such as Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, JAMA Oncology, JAMA Internal Medicine, and Health Affairs, and she has received external grant funding from the National Science Foundation, the National Bureau of Economic Research, and the Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy.
Aparna completed her PhD in Business Economics and Public Policy at Indiana University in Bloomington. Prior to her graduate studies, she worked as an economist at IHS Global Insight and as an analyst at the US International Trade Commission. Professor Soni received her M.A. in economics and B.A. in economics and journalism from Boston University, where she was a recipient of the Trustee Scholarship for academic excellence.
Visiting McKinney Family Chair in Health Law, Renée Landers is a Professor of Law at Suffolk University Law School. She also serves as the Faculty Director of the school’s Health and Biomedical Law Concentration and the Master of Science in Law Life Sciences program. At Suffolk, she teaches administrative law, constitutional law, health law, and privacy law. She was a Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the National Academy of Social Insurance and helped complete the organization’s reports Examining Approaches to Expanding Medicare Eligibility: Key Design Options and Implications and Assuring Economic Security for the 21st Century. Additionally, she was a member of the Study Committee examining “A Fairer and More Equitable, Cost-Effective, and Transparent System of Donor Organ Procurement, Allocation, and Distribution” for the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine which issued its report in February 2022. In addition to health care, Landers has written on diversity in the legal profession and privacy and is a regular commentator on legal developments in constitutional law, health law, and administrative law for media organizations.
Currently, Professor Landers is a Trustee for Massachusetts General Hospital and the Director of Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts. Renée has served on many boards, including Big Sister Association of Boston, the Harvard Board of Overseers, and the Board of Overseers of Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth. In 2021 she was elected a Senior Fellow of the ABA Section of Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice. As president of the Boston Bar Association in 2003-2004, she was the first woman of color and the first law professor to serve in that position. She also served as Deputy General Counsel for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and as Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Office of Policy Development at the U.S. Department of Justice during the Clinton Administration. Professor Landers has received many honors including awards from Radcliffe College, Harvard College, and Boston College Law School.
About the moderator
Visiting Professor Jami Sayeed teaches and researches at the intersection of health law and administrative law. She specializes in Medicaid law and administrative proceedings. Sayeed has created and provided trainings and guidance for Administrative Law Judges, including developing a comprehensive judicial orientation program for new Indiana Administrative Law Judges. Her practice also includes Alternative Dispute Resolution, government contracts, and elder law.
Prior to joining Indiana University McKinney School of Law, Professor Sayeed served as the Director of Administration with the Indiana Office of Medicaid Policy and Planning. She also served as Deputy General Counsel and Director of Operations with the Indiana Office of Administrative Law Proceedings and was this agency's Ethics Officer. She spent six years as an Administrative Law Judge and Chief Administrative Law Judge for the Family and Social Services Administration.
Professor Sayeed earned her J.D. and Health Law Graduate Certificate from IU Robert H. McKinney School of Law.
