DMAS encouraged providers and community organizations to train staff, distribute official materials, update member contact information, verify coverage before billing, and help members respond to renewal notices; DMAS will provide toolkits, FAQs, and recorded town halls.

Angela McConnell, a retired veteran and researcher, told the commission about a misdiagnosis and urged expansion of provider training and insurance language to include surgical and chemically induced menopause; she cited Senate Bill 790 and an estimate of 2,400,000 Virginia women aged 40 and over.

Working group members discussed expanding training (LandLogic, Comet) and creating CME modules with substance-use content so clinicians better serve agricultural and rural populations; members offered to support module development and funding.

[Medicaid] There are upcoming changes in women’s health services at the Alabama Medicaid Agency (Medicaid). Please join Dr. Darlene Traffanstedt, Medical Director at Medicaid for a provider webinar on Wednesday, September 17, 2025, at noon.

[Medicaid] The Alabama Medicaid Agency (Medicaid) is surveying providers enrolled in Medicaid to understand their learning experience with education and training on Medicaid System (Web Portal, Provider Electronic Solutions (PES) Software, and Long Term Care Admission (LTC) Notification software).

Alabama's HB619 requires health department to enhance Alzheimer's awareness and provider education.