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Thinking Ahead on the AHEAD Model: Hospital Global Budgets 

NASHP

As states assess their interest and readiness to pursue the model, there are important considerations relating to meeting the requirements of the application (see NASHP’s AHEAD Model Application Assistance Tool ) and strategic planning for implementation relating to hospital global budgets.

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Uber Health to add OTC meds, food delivery to its logistics platform

Healthcare It News

Uber Health announced that payers and providers nationwide can soon use the same platform they may already use for non-emergency medical transportation and prescription delivery to order and deliver other covered items directly to patient homes.

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Intermountain Health Setting The Stage For ‘Long-Term Growth’ Of Hospital-At-Home Program

Home Health Care

Intermountain Health recently reached a major milestone with its hospital-at-home program. The health system has officially treated 1,000 patients at home since the launch of the program in 2020. Intermountain is a nonprofit system with 33 hospitals and 385 clinics. The health system has locations in seven states.

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CMS Augments “In Lieu Of Services” Medicaid Guidance to Support State Medicaid Managed Care Efforts to Address Social Determinants of Health

Sheppard Health Law

Research has indicated that healthcare systems that connect patients to basic resources have observed improvements in population health metrics, fostered trust with their patient base, and experienced reduced hospitalization costs. Please refer to our prior blog for more information on CalAIM.

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CMS Unveils AHEAD Model, Aims To Shift Health Care To ‘Community-Based Settings’

Home Health Care

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) unveiled a new state-focused demonstration model Tuesday. One of the model’s primary objectives is to shift health care spending and utilization more toward primary and community-based care. The Washington, D.C.-based

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Medicaid and Health Equity: CalAIM’s Bold Experiment

Sheppard Health Law

More than 13 million people were enrolled in Medi-Cal in California in September 2021, making it the largest Medicaid program in the nation. In 2015, DHCS launched the WPC Pilots as part of its Medi-Cal 2020 Section 1115 Demonstration.

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Unite Us Partners with Paralyzed Veterans of America

Healthcare It News

New York City-based Unite Us focuses on building equity in population health management through coordinated care networks of health and social service providers – the infrastructure of care. "Partnering with a coordinated care network, like Unite Us, is a game changer," he said. THE LARGER TREND.