Pregnancy Promise Program Project Specialist, Indianapolis

The mission of the Family and Social Services Administration (FSSA) is to compassionately serve Hoosiers of all ages and connect them with social services, health care and their communities. The agency includes the Office of Medicaid Policy and Planning (OMPP), a division that receives around 13 percent of the state's budget to provide vital healthcare coverage to roughly 1 in 5 Hoosiers.

This position supports the grant-supported Pregnancy Promise Program, which helps pregnant individuals with substance use disorder (SUD) achieve sustained recovery and reduces neonatal abstinence syndrome in their offspring through three initiatives:

• Collaborative care coordination – With the State's four Managed Care Entities (MCEs) and community health providers, develops collaborative problem-solving, shared best practices and innovative strategies for pregnant individuals with opioid use disorders (OUD).
• Provider Education – With the IU School of Medicine Project ECHO team, the Division of Mental Health and Addiction, and the Indiana State Department of Health Maternal and Child Health division, developed three educational tracks: obstetrical care of pregnant individuals with OUD, evidence-based neonatal abstinence syndrome management, and care coordination best practices for pregnant individuals with SUD.
• Addressing social determinants of health – Screens participants for social determinants and makes trauma-informed community referrals for identified needs.
• The Project Specialist works closely with the Project Manager, FSSA Chief Medical Officer, and internal and external stakeholders. Medicaid members, families, providers and advocates are engaged at all stages. This high-profile State initiative addresses one of the Governor's five pillars: attacking the drug epidemic and lowering infant mortality.
• Help develop and revise project materials and outreach for referring agencies, including health care systems, human service agencies and community-based organizations
• Monitor, review and analyze performance outcomes and data quality for each of the four MCEs, and review biweekly MCE updates to ensure required CMS measures are met
• Ensure accurate data reaches OMPP so enrollment is reflected in CoreMMIS; work with OMPP on a CoreMMIS enrollment “check box” and on answering eligibility questions for potential enrollees
• Develop and revise MCE Complex Case Manager training materials
• Monitor and analyze performance and quality outcomes data for each MCE's complex case management program; assist and give feedback to MCE project managers
• Help develop and deliver stakeholder presentations, traveling statewide to present to all provider types, at conferences and at other events
• Help write quarterly and annual CMS reports; with the Project Manager, track grant activities to meet report and budget timelines and assist with CMS documentation requests during the grant period
• Help develop a new statewide MCE Complex Case Manager Best Practices Forum, collect quality improvement data, and facilitate implementation of new standard procedures
• Research, draft and disseminate complex case management best practice guidelines; draft a program manual, updated at least annually, covering guidelines, data requirements, case management practices, etc.
• Ensure grant funds are allocated per federal, state and grant guidelines and financial reports are submitted on time per federal requirements
• Address implementation barriers through field visits with MCE and community provider case managers, with problem-solving and feedback loops
• Develop agendas and coordinate cross-sector participants for regional meetings and MOM grant listening tours in the State's five Medicaid regions
• Serve as liaison to enrollees, community…