Hayes, Inc. Becomes Medicaid Innovations 2015 Educational Partner

Hayes, Inc., a leader in promoting better health outcomes through the use of evidence, is pleased to announce that it has become an Education Partner with Medicaid Innovations 2015, an annual conference that convenes key thought leaders and decision makers among state Medicaid programs and Medicaid-managed care plans. As an education partner, Hayes, Inc. becomes part of the 2015 agenda that focuses on all aspects of the Medicaid healthcare delivery system and includes first-hand case studies and panel discussions with industry experts.

Medicaid Innovations 2015 takes place February 3-5, 2015, in Orlando, FL. Teresa Rogstad, MPH, Director of Quality Assurance and Research Project Leader at Hayes, Inc. and Josiah (Josh) Morse, Program Director – Health Technology Assessment, Washington State Health Care Authority, will jointly lead a panel discussion entitled, Putting Evidence into Practice: Implementing Health Technology Assessment to Improve Quality and Value at 12:20 pm on February 3, 2015.

“One of the exciting aspects of this conference is that we will have the opportunity to engage with the professionals who deliver Medicaid services and hear directly from them about the challenges they are facing,” says Cici Collins, Vice President, Government Services, Hayes, Inc. “We look forward to discussing fresh ideas and approaches that states are leveraging to increase the value of the care they deliver to their beneficiaries.”

Each year, the Medicaid Innovations conference gathers hundreds of representatives from states, health plans, and solution providers to explore strategies to improve the quality of care and reduce costs among the rapidly expanding Medicaid population. Explains Ms. Collins, “Participants at Medicaid Innovations know that they will gain valuable insights into the changing Medicaid landscape and they’ll walk away with actionable and innovative solutions to truly transform the way they deliver care and improve population health for this select group of people.”

Complete information about Medicaid Innovations 2015, including topics, speakers, and registration details, is available at: www.medicaidinnovations.com/agenda.html.

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