Healthcare Accessibility

Workgroup Mission

Increase access to healthcare services for Georgia’s vulnerable and underserved populations through healthcare promotion, community partnerships, and service connectivity.

Diabetes Awareness Event

OAPI FY 2022 – 2024 Strategic Goal: Relieving burdens for our stakeholders, providers, and members.

In response to Georgia’s rising maternity care deserts, or counties lacking maternity care resources such as hospitals or birth centers offering obstetric care and obstetric providers, and the increasing prevalence of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), the Office of Analytics and Program Improvement (OAPI) will host a Gestational Diabetes Awareness Event in Augusta, GA, at the HUB for Community Innovation on Friday, November 3, 2023.

Richmond County was chosen because it has an above state average prevalence of GDM (6.3%), and it is a resource-filled county surrounded by maternity care deserts. The objectives of the event are:

  1. To increase service connectivity and promote healthcare resources by enrolling eligible members into existing Lifeline, Open Hand Atlanta, and Mom's Meals programs, and
  2. Build community partnerships that can address or combat the maternal care deserts in Georgia.

We are currently recruiting vendors and partners while creating promotional materials for the event. Stay tuned for more information.

Map showing prevalence of GDM by county in 2021.

OAPI FY 2022 – 2024 Strategic Goal 1: Enhancing Data Services.
OAPI FY 2022 – 2024 Strategic Goal: Relieving burdens for our stakeholders, providers, and members.

Diabetes among Georgia Medicaid’s pregnant population mirrors the increasing national trend in recent years.

  • ~1.79% with Pre-existing Diabetes
  • ~5.49% with Gestational Diabetes
Graph showing Medicaid pregnant persons with diabetes from 2018 to 2022.

Lifeline

Graph showing enrollment in Lifeline program from January to April 2023.

OAPI FY 2022 – 2024 Strategic Goal: Relieving burdens for our stakeholders, providers, and members.

Lifeline is a connectivity program that provides Medicaid members with a free smartphone with unlimited minutes and text, plus 14.5 GB of data. The Georgia Department of Community Health, Pulsewrx, and community partners continuously strive to enroll as many eligible Georgians in the Lifeline and Affordable Connectivity Program. With that goal in mind, Pulsewrx is excited to announce an enhanced enrollment website. The goals of the new website are: 

  • To create an easier and more user-friendly enrollment site,
  • Provide helpful enrollment tips on each section of the enrollment process, and
  • Provide real-time information to correct an unsuccessful application.

Visit the enrollment website at https://www.mybenefitphone.com/.