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DMAS outlines Member Advisory Committee role, seeks applicants for 2025 terms

Department of Medical Assistance Services · October 17, 2024
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DMAS staff described the Member Advisory Committee’s purpose and impact at a community stakeholder meeting, urged Medicaid members and authorized representatives to apply for openings starting in 2025, and heard testimony from current MAC members about how lived experience has shaped agency communications and policy inputs.

The Department of Medical Assistance Services on Thursday told stakeholders that its Member Advisory Committee exists to center Medicaid recipients’ lived experience in program design and communications and that multiple committee seats will open for two-year terms beginning in 2025.

The MAC, established in 2018 with its first meeting in 2019, gives current Medicaid members and authorized representatives a formal channel to share recommendations directly with agency leadership and the state board, Natalie (DMAS staff) said. "The only requirement is that a member is a current member, and they have a willingness…

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