Improving Hep C Care for People Who Use Drugs

Strategies to Enhance the Hep C Care Cascade Among People Who Inject Drugs

February 24, 2016,  Mount Sinai – Beth Israel: 10 Union Square East

Strategies to Enhance the Hepatitis C Care Cascade Among People Who Inject Drugs

Jason Grebely, BSc, PhD, Kirby Institute, UNSW Australia – Jgrebely@kirby.unsw.edu.au

1. Hep C Among People Who Inject Drugs
   • Burden of Hep C infection among people who inject drugs
   • Strategies to enhance Hep C testing, assessment, treatment uptake and treatment outcomes
   • Hep C reinfection post-treatment
2. Project Overview
   • ETHOS (Enhancing Treatment of Hep C in the Opioid Substitution setting): Hep C assessment and treatment in the drug and alcohol setting (in partnership with New South Wales Health)
   • LiveRLife: A healthy liver intervention based on social marketing promotion to enhance liver disease assessment in the drug and alcohol setting
   • SToP-C: Hep C treatment as prevention project in prisons

NYC Best Practices in Hep C Care and Treatment for People Who Use Drugs 

Alain Litwin, MD, Professor of Medicine and Psychiatry at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center – ALITWIN@montefiore.org

Sheila Reynoso, Project Coordinator Montefiore Medical Center sreynoso@montefiore.org 

NYS Medicaid and Managed Care Plans

Current Hep C medication coverage criteria for people with current or past drug use.

• Hepatitis C clinical criteria for Fee For Service Medicaid were posted in the Oct 2014 Medicaid update.  There was an update including the availability of Viekira Pak without restriction in the April 2015 Medicaid Update.

• NYS Medicaid Managed Care plans each have their own list of covered drugs (called a formulary).

• See HepCure Webinar Archives: www.hepcure.org > webinars
  NYS DOH Presentation “Prior Authorization of Hepatitis C Medications in Medicaid Fee for Service (FFS) and Medicaid Managed Care” given by Monica Toohey M (HEALTH) monica.toohey@health.ny.gov

In Attendance:

1. Alain Litwin Professor of Medicine Montefiore Medical Center alitwin@montefiore.org
2. Amber Casey Deputy Director DOHMH acasey@health.nyc.gov
3. Angel Hernandez Peer Navigator Montefiore Medical Center
4. Ariel Caba Intake Specialist Harlem United acaba@harlemunited.org
5. Asmara Tesfaye Rogoza Viral Hepatitis Coordinator DOHMH – Viral Hepatitis atesfayerogoza@health.nyc.gov
6. Benjamin Eckhardt Infectious Diseases Fellow Weill Cornell Medical Center bje8@cornell.edu
7. Bobby Kim Senior Therapeutic Specialist Gilead kim@gilead.com
8. Bridget Hardy Account Manager Quality Specialty Pharmacy, bridget@qsprx.com
9. Brigitte Buquez​ Program Development Hudson Pride Connections Center​ buquez@gmail.com​
10. Charles Lott Hepatitis C Peer Worker   Housing Works nj5@gmail.com
11. Cinthia Castro Patient Navigator Harlem United Ccastro@harlemunited.org
12. Curtis Melton Virology Specialist Bristol Myers Squibb melton@bms.com
13. Daniel Calder Outreach Coordinator DOHMH dcalder@health.nyc.gov
14. Debra Farrun Pharmaceutical Rep Gilead farrun@gilead.com
15. Diana Diaz-Munoz Program Intern DOHMH ddiazmunoz@health.nyc.gov
16. Ella Culler Hep C Harm Reduction Trainer Housing Works culler@housingworks.org
17. Elly Fatehi Director of Pharmacy Amida Care efatehi@amidacareny.org
18. Evelyn Parrinello Info & Referral Specialist Community Health Action of Staten Island PARRINELLO@CHASINY.ORG
19. Farah Riazi Patient Navigator Mount Sinai riazi@mountsinai.org
20. Farmin Khiabani Virology Representative Merck khiabani@merck.com
21. Frank Winter External Affairs Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services winter@cms.hhs.gov
22. Genesis Ciprian Patient Navigator Mount Sinai Hospital ciprian@mountsinai.org
23. Gretchen George Ty Harm Reduction Coordinator Housing Works Ty@housingowrks.org
24. Iraida Ramos Peer Navigator BOOM!Health iris1498@yahoo.com
25. Ivana Portes Co-Directors Ann’s Corner of Harm Reduction iportes@sachr.org
26. Jamin Aliseo Hepatitis C Peer Worker   Housing Works jaliseo5170@gmail.com
27. Jason Grebeley Researcher Kirby Institute jgrebely@kirby.unsw.edu.au
28. Jennifer Grimsich   Merck grimsich@merck.com
29. Kathryn Villaverde Harm Reduction Counselor          Housing Works  villaverde@housingworks.org
30. Kendra Pemberton Regional Director HCV Gilead pemberton@gilead.com
31. Kenny Ng Pharmacy Intern Amida Care kng@amidacareny.org
32. Korin Parrella Program Manager Mount Sinai Hep C Primary Care Program parrella@mountsinai.org
33. Kyle Wanger Hep C Clinical educator Gilead wanger@gilead.com
34. Leo Yanacio Acct Manager Quality Specialty Pharmacy leo@asprx.com
35. Matt Scherer MD Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center mls2002@nyp.org
36. Michael Brown Peer Navigator BOOM!Health haneef2676@gmail.com
37. Miguel Calderon Harm Reduction Supervisor BOOM!Health mcalderon@boomhealth.org
38. Miranda Moore MPH DOHMH – Viral Hepatitis mmoore3@health.nyc.gov
39. Nasra Aidarus Program Planner DOHMH naidarus@health.nyc.gov
40. Nathalia Gibbs Hep C patient Navigator Mount Sinai           gibbs@mountsinai.org
41. Nirah Johnson Director of Program Implementation & Capacity Building DOHMH – Viral Hepatitis njohnso2@health.nyc.gov
42. Paul Bolter Health Education American Liver Foundation pbolter@liverfoundation.org
43. Perminder Khosa Epidemiologist DOHMH – Viral Hepatitis pkhosa@health.nyc.gov
44. Sheila Reynoso Project Coordinator, HIV/Hepatitis C Montefiore Medical Center  sreynoso@montefiore.org
45. Shellyann Vassell Nurse North Shore University Hosptial svassell@nshs.edu
46. Shumenghui Zhai Research Associate III Temple University tue85115@temple.edu
47. Steven Linick Pharmacy Rep Echo Pharmacy slinick@echospecialty.com
48. Tatiana Vera Program Supervisor Montefiore Medical Center tvera@montefiore.org
49. Tiara Martin Peer Navigator Family Services Network of NY TIARAMARTIN9177@GMAIL.COM
50. Tino Fuentes Co-Director of SEP Programs Ann’s Corner of Harm Reduction ffuentes@sachr.org
51. Umaima Khatun MPH Intern DOHMH – Viral Hepatitis ukhatun@health.nyc.gov
52. Yin Tan Associate Director, Community Programs Temple University – Center for Asian Health ytan@temple.edu

Last Updated on July 24, 2023 by HepFree NYC