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Accountable Care Organizations Are Diving Head First Into Home-Based Care

Home Health Care

Accountable care organizations (ACOs) have considerably increased their home-based care arsenals over recent years. They’ve also diversified the types of home-based care they offer, and are finally finding ways for it to make economic sense in capitated models. Source: Institute for Accountable Care.

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Primary Care Case Management in Medicaid: A Strategy for Supporting Primary Care in Rural Areas

NASHP

Primary care case management (PCCM) programs are one of the oldest types of Medicaid managed care, but over time most states have shifted to use managed care organizations (MCOs) to deliver services to Medicaid participants. ii] Rural areas are highly likely to suffer from shortages of primary care and other providers.

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Summary of State Legislative Efforts Aimed at Health Care Transformation Reforms

NASHP

A Focus on Primary Care Colorado enacted legislation to cement the state’s r egional health connector program within the Department of Public Health and Environment with budget support. In a second bill, Illinois would have created a Medicare for All Health Care Act and an Illinois Health Services Trust.

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Behavioral Health System Modernization along the Continuum

NASHP

Integrated Primary and Behavioral Health Care A modern behavioral health system of care is fully integrated into the continuum of health care services, including primary and specialty care settings, and extends into homes and communities to ensure holistic and coordinated support.

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How State Medicaid Programs Serve Children and Youth in Foster Care

NASHP

In 2007, 29 states provided health care services to children in child welfare through MMC. [24] managed care organizations, primary care case management, prepaid ambulatory health plans, and prepaid inpatient health plans) to serve some or all CYFC. MMC or FFS).

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Sustainability and Value: State Palliative Care Reimbursement Strategies

NASHP

Blue Shield offers a range of palliative care services, including: Value-based purchasing: Over the past decade, state Medicaid agencies have designed and implemented a range of initiatives focused on value, using payment to incentivize provider behaviors that can reduce unnecessary care and improve outcomes.

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Optimizing Healthcare for Heart Disease with HeartFlow | E. 62

Vie Healthcare

So medication and health compliance, discussing care plans, and certainly even follow up to the primary care provider or that referring physician is impactful. You’re responsible for the revenue of a territory, new accounts, and certainly customer service and clinical support is always tied into any medical device job.