Past Events
Speaker: Heather Howard, JD, Professor of the Practice at Princeton’s School of Public and International Affairs and Co-Director of Princeton’s Global Health Program
Time: 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Location: Zoom Webinar
Virtual Grand Rounds Recording
Please join us for this Virtual Grand Rounds featuring Heather Howard as she evaluates the position of state and federal governments when the federal public health emergency(PHE)expires.
When the federal public health emergency (PHE) expires, so too will the Medicaid “continuous coverage” requirement that has allowed people to retain Medicaid coverage and get needed care during the pandemic. When continuous enrollment is discontinued, states will restart eligibility redeterminations for Medicaid enrollees, and the stakes are high – as many as 16 million people could lose health insurance coverage.
What are states and the federal government doing to ensure smooth coverage transitions and to mitigate coverage losses, and what are the health equity implications of what could be a seismic transition?
Registration:
This program will only be offered online. 1.0 hour Indiana CLE (Distance Education) credit will be available but 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.
Ensure you are joining the webinar from the Zoom application (desktop or mobile) to enable participation in the polling throughout the webinar for CLE credit. Please note joining the webinar from a web browser is not compatible and doing so will result in not receiving CLE credit.
CEU Certificates for Indiana Behavioral Health & Human Services Providers available.
E-mail certificates will be provided certifying attendance for those wishing to apply for CLE credit outside of Indiana.
About the Speaker:
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Heather Howard is a Professor of the Practice at Princeton University’s School of Public and International Affairs, where she co-directs the Global Health Program and is a faculty affiliate of the Center for Health & Wellbeing. She teaches courses in implementation of the Affordable Care Act, state and local health policy, public health and politics, the social determinants of health, and global health policy. She is also director of the State Health and Value Strategies program, a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation-funded program focused on assisting states with transforming their health care systems to be affordable, equitable and innovative.
Howard served as New Jersey’s Commissioner of Health and Senior Services from 2008-2010, overseeing a staff of 1,700 with a budget of $3.5 billion. In 2017 and 2018, she co-chaired New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy’s health care transition committee. She also has significant federal experience, having worked as Senator Jon Corzine's Chief of Staff, as Associate Director of the White House Domestic Policy Council and Senior Policy Advisor for First Lady Hillary Clinton. She received her B.A. from Duke University and her J.D. from NYU School of Law.
