The purpose of this webinar is to speak to what the expansion of Medicaid has meant to the most vulnerable populations within the state–given their better access to care. Louisiana is a great state to review as it did not expand immediately after ACA, but has had nearly 7 years of it.

Additionally, it will be interesting to know the process and opinions around expanding Medicaid to the most recent state to do so, North Carolina. Finally, as Texas is one of the largest states in the US–both by population and land–it will be interesting to hear how not having Medicaid expansion has impacted the state and the care available for its most vulnerable.

Moderator

Orriel Richardson, J.D.
Vice President of Health Policy Equity & Policy
Morgan Health

Orriel Richardson is an attorney and health policy expert licensed to practice law in Maryland and Washington, DC. Orriel is currently Vice President of Health Equity & Policy for Morgan Health. Prior to joining JP Morgan Chase & Co’s health venture, Orriel served as health counsel for the Committee on Ways and Means Majority, U.S. House of Representatives during the 116th and 117th Congresses. She arrived at the Hill from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) where she led the teams identifying and resolving cross-cutting legal and program integrity issues for the models being tested.

Panelists

Shantel Hebert-Magee, MD, MPH
Chief Medical Officer
Louisiana Department of Health

Dr. Shantel Hebert-Magee, MD, MPH is Chief Medical Officer–Medicaid at Louisiana Department of Health. Previously, she was Regional Medical Director for Region One (Greater New Orleans) at the Louisiana Department of Public Health. She is also the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) Laboratory Director for the Office of Public Health.

She has focused her clinical-effectiveness and device-development research on addressing early detection and diagnosis of pancreaticobiliary malignancy working collaboratively with academic, community, and industry partners. Her global health initiatives focused on early detection of pancreatic cancer have been conducted in Asia, Europe, and South America. Prior to joining the faculty at UCF, Dr. Hebert-Magee was an Assistant Professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and Associate Scientist in the UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center.

Yolanda Lawson, MD
President-elect & Policy Lead, National Medical Association
Founder, Madewell OBGYN

Yolanda Lawson M.D, Board Certified OBGYN is founder of MadeWell OBGYN in Dallas, Texas. She earned her medical degree at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. She performed her internship at Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia and completed her residency at St. John Hospital & Medical Center in Detroit, Michigan.

Dr. Lawson is the Chair of the Board of Trustees of the National Medical Association, member of the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, American Medical Association, the Texas Medical Association, and delegate for the Dallas County Medical Society. She sits on a variety of boards, committees and other community activities and organizations.

LT McCrimmon, MPA
Senior Director and Head of Government Affairs
APCO South

LT McCrimmon is the Senior Director and Head of Government Affairs for APCO South. She works with clients on state and federal government relations, advocacy and public affairs efforts. LT also brings expertise in bipartisan legislative negotiations, political campaigns and community and stakeholder engagement across many sectors, including energy and health care. She will further cement APCO’s role as the premier public affairs, government relations and advocacy partner for companies in North Carolina, the Southeast and across the country.

Originally published on May 8, 2023