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Presentation to the Legislative Finance Committee Medicaid & TANF: Preview of FY18 Appropriation Request Brent Earnest, Secretary, HSD October 26, 2016 New Mexico Human Services Department HSD FY18 Budget Request FY17 Budget Update


  1. Presentation to the Legislative Finance Committee Medicaid & TANF: Preview of FY18 Appropriation Request Brent Earnest, Secretary, HSD October 26, 2016 New Mexico Human Services Department

  2.  HSD FY18 Budget Request  FY17 Budget Update  Medicaid Enrollment and Cost Trends  Cost Containment Update  Centennial Care Update  Behavioral Health Spending and Performance Report  Temporary Assistance For Needy Families Budget Request 2

  3. HSD FY 18 Appropr opriation on Request st FY 18 Budget Request of $7.35 billion  6.1% increase overall  $1.152 billion from the Federa ral Funds 80.43% general fund (increase of $117.9 million or 11.4%)  $5.912 billion in federal State Genera ral Fund funds (increase of 15.68% $292.9 million or 5.21%) Other r  $286.4 million in other State Funds and state funds and other Revenue revenue 3.90% 3

  4. HSD General Fund d Budget Change Percent Change in HSD General Fund Budget 40.00% 36.45% 30.00% 18.48% 20.00% 15.92% 12.18% 11.40% 10.22% 10.00% 4.54% 2.90% 1.52% 0.68% 0.00% FY06 OP BUD FY07 OP BUD FY08 OP BUD FY09 OP BUD FY10 OP BUD FY11 OP BUD FY12 OP BUD FY13 OP BUD FY14 OP BUD FY15 OP BUD FY16 OP BUD FY17 OP BUD FY18 Request -10.00% -1.02% -2.37% -20.00% -21.87% -30.00% *GF adjustment due to ARRA 4

  5.  Reducing spending in non-Medicaid and administrative functions by 2 to 5 percent: • Active oversight of hiring activities;  The Department has developed a hiring plan to closely monitor FTE levels and ensure only mission-critical positions are filled. • Contract expenditure management;  Delaying or deferring discretionary purchases under existing contracts such as PC refresh, Xerox and optional/non-critical activities. • Operation efficiency focus.  Reduce administrative costs in non-Medicaid program ASO contract. • Maximizing federal funding, where possible 5

  6.  Enrollment continues to grow but at a slower pace  Cost trends in Centennial Care are significantly lower than regional and national health care inflation  Upcoming federal rule changes may impact the budget need  Overall, update to FY18 projection will reduce general fund appropriation request 6

  7. Medicaid d Enrollment 1,000,000 Expansion/Other Adult Group September: r: 888,540 900,000 State Coverage In Insurance June 2018 Projected Enrollment Medicaid Adults Me 800,000 OAG: Me Medicaid Children 700,000 274,075 rollment 600,000 Medicaid Adults: Medicaid Enro 293,027 500,000 400,000 Medicaid Children: 388,298 300,000 200,000 100,000 - - Jan-13 May-13 Sep-13 Jan-14 May-14 Sep-14 Jan-15 May-15 Sep-15 Jan-16 May-16 Sep-16 Jan-17 May-17 Sep-17 Jan-18 May-18 7

  8.  January 2014 also launched adult expansion of Medicaid — Alternative Benefit Package  Significant enrollment growth in 3 years: Medicaid Category Enrollmen ent Enrollmen ent Percen entage e June e 2013 June e 2016 Increase Parents/Caretaker 40,776 76,187 87% Adults (0-47% FPL) Other Adults 36,812 250,571 581% (48% - 138% FPL) (SCI) (Adult Expansion) All Medicaid 575,908 874,985 52% 52% 8

  9. 900,000 800,000 700,000 600,000 56% 56 41% 41% 57% 57% 42% 42% 51% 51% 54% 54% 500,000 400,000 300,000 46 46% 58 58% 59% 59% 49% 49% 44% 44 43% 43% 200,000 100,000 0 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Children (<21 years) Adults (>=21 years) 9

  10.  Consumer Price Index (CPI-U) for medical care grew an average of 2.7% in 2015 and growth is averaging 3.2% in 2016  Other national studies estimate medical cost inflation (price and utilization) at 6.5% Consumer Price Index - Medical Care re 6.0 5.0 4.0 3.0 2.0 1.0 0.0 Jan Mar May Jul Sep Nov Jan Mar May Jul Sep Nov 2015 2106 Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics 10

  11. Enrollment up 10%; Per capita costs down 1% 11

  12. - Inpatient spending down - BH and physician services up 12

  13. Medicaid: FY 18 Appropriation n Reques uest (as of Sept. 1) Total Medicaid Program spending in FY 18 is projected to  be $6.143 billion. $1.034 billion from the general fund, a $120.02 million increase. • Major changes from FY17 include: ($ in thousands) FY17 base - additional general fund above FY17 appropriation $13,621 Expansion FMAP (drops to 95% in 2017 and 94% in 2018) $43,332 Enrollment $42,203 Utilization and Price increases (1.5% growth) $8,835 Medicare Part B and D impact $8,197 Other revenue changes ($4,682) Cost Containment ($16,000) Health Insurance Provider Fee $20,771 Other changes $3,738 Total $120,0 ,015 15 13

  14. Medicaid: FY 18 Projec ection n Updates es (Pres essur ure e on the Gener eral Fund) ⇩ Recently updated FMAP rates reduce the overall need from the general fund by $31.5 million. ⇩ Pursuing additional cost containment, as required by 2016 H.B. 2 ⇩ Additional federal funding for services for Native Americans, through IHS referrals ⇔ Enrollment trends holding steady, but may slow over the next year ⇔ Additional revenue from inter-governmental transfers with UNMH 14

  15. General fund need for FY18 likely to drop by $40 to $45 mill llio ion in the upcoming projection, but … Federal rule changes for behavioral health services ⇧ (Mental Health Parity and changes to the IMD exclusion) ⇧ Federal rule changes for managed care may require rate increases ⇧ NM Medical Insurance Pool assessments on the rise again ⇧ Health care inflation trending up 15

  16.  The total FY 18 budget request for administration of the Medicaid program is $79.54 million • $1.019 million decrease from FY17. Federa ral Funds, , $62.88 M, • $749.8 thousand decrease in 79% 79% general fund need achieved through FTE and contract reductions.  Medical Assistance Division administrative spending is only 1.29% of the total program budget.  Priorities for MAD staff in 2018 include: Other r State State Genera ral Fund, , Funds, , • 1115 Waiver Renewal $14.25 M, , 18% 18% $2.42 M, , • Procurement and implementation of 3% 3% replacement MMIS 16

  17. Medicaid Advisory y Cost Containment Subcommittees Provider Payment Benefit and Cost Long Term Leveraging Subcommittee Sharing Subcommittee Subcommittee 4 Meetings 5 meetings 5 meetings • • • Recommended rate Reviewed benefit and Considered a wide • • • reductions, in line with cost sharing range of financing and HB2 Recommended no payment reforms • Rate reductions changes 8 general • • phasing in July, August HSD considering new recommendations for • and Jan. copayments HSD/State Est. up to$122M total Align current copays consideration • • savings and add co-pays for Est. up to $26M Expansion adults • general fund savings 17

  18.  Submitted its final recommendations to the Department on September 29 th  Eight recommendations, including: • Work with the New Mexico Medical Insurance Pool to establish a firm deadline to transition remaining members; • Work with Association of Counties to leverage federal dollars; • Leverage provider assessments to obtain federal matching funds and explore ways to restructure the gross receipts tax for health care providers; and • Continue to advance value-based purchasing arrangements. Recommendations on HSD website:  http://www.hsd.state.nm.us/uploads/files/LTS% 20Recommendations.pdf 18

  19.  HSD plans to submit a draft State Plan Amendment to CMS and for public input before end of calendar year to implement copayments; Nominal copays for certain populations with higher • income for outpatient visits and inpatient stays.  Copays for non-preferred drugs for all populations; • Certain exemptions will apply to Native Americans, pregnant women and children.  Copays for non-emergent use of the emergency room for all populations, unless exempt. 19

  20.  Completing its third year, Centennial Care has established a statewide care coordination infrastructure and launched numerous delivery system reforms to achieve the goals of its four guiding principles: • Create a single, comprehensive system of care that integrates physical, behavioral and long-term services; • Encourage members to take a more active and conscious role in their own health; • Implement payment reforms that reward providers for performance on quality and outcomes that improve members’ health; and • Create a coordinated delivery system that increases accountability for a more limited number of MCOs and reduces administrative burden for both providers and members. 20

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