Don’t miss Sellers Dorsey at this year’s MHPA Annual Conference, the largest Medicaid managed care conference in the country. MHPA24 brings together managed care executives from across the U.S. alongside forward-thinking state and federal policymakers to collaboratively move Medicaid and managed care forward while making meaningful connections. Sellers Dorsey speakers are featured in these engaging sessions:

How Managed Care Helps Transform Foster Care Systems
Thursday, September 12, 10:00 AM – 10:50 AM
Katie Renner Olse, Sellers Dorsey Senior Director for Child and Family Well-Being

Katie Renner Olse will moderate this panel where attendees will hear from experts who deeply and personally understand drivers of the foster care system as they explore how managed care can create transformational change to support children who have experienced abuse and neglect. Other speakers include VP of Business Development for Foster Care and Child Welfare Programs at Centene, CEO of Arrow Child and Family Ministries, and President and CEO of Benchmarks.

Beyond Food as Medicine: Nutrition for Life
Thursday, September 12, 1:45 PM – 2:35 PM
Sellers Dorsey Senior Vice President, Gary Jessee

Food as medicine and other nutrition supports continue to expand. Gary Jessee will moderate this engaging panel of experts as they address what comes next. Support for nutrition for life and the right to food have been gaining support as realistic next steps in Medicaid and the healthcare sector at large. Attendees will gain knowledge on Medicaid’s role in nutrition supports, hearing innovative ideas that point to the advancement of programs supporting health through diet and improving access to additional resources for Medicaid beneficiaries to lead healthy lives.

General Session – A Conversation with State Medicaid Directors
Thursday, September 12 • 3:30pm – 5:00pm
Sellers Dorsey Senior Vice President, Gary Jessee

Medicaid Directors have one of the most important and challenging jobs in state government and healthcare. With the program now covering more than 80 million low-income, elderly and disabled individuals – 1 in 4 Americans – it is the single largest expenditure in most state budgets. Sellers Dorsey Senior Vice President and former Texas Medicaid Director, Gary Jessee, will speak alongside Medicaid Directors from three states to discuss how state Medicaid programs are tackling issues that improve access to services that address maternal and infant health, social determinants of health (SDOH) and managed long-term services and supports.