Case Management Advisor – October 1, 2016
October 1, 2016
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Across New York, Organizations are Redefining Best Practices in Care Management
All across the Empire State, healthcare payers, providers, and community-based organizations have spent several years participating in a grand, national experiment of improving medical care for the highest-risk Medicaid enrollees.
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Here’s How Care Management and Care Coordination Work in NY
Typically, referrals to New York’s health home program are made by doctors, probation officers, or mental health clinics, although they could be made by any community organization or provider.
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Sample List of Quality Measures Under Health Home Model
The New York State Health Home Program has a five-page list of goal-based quality measures collected to assess the program’s success.
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CMS is Accepting Applications for Five-year Primary Care Model
CMS has begun enrolling applications for its new nationwide primary care model, Comprehensive Primary Care Plus (CPC+).
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New Initiative Slashes Opioid Prescriptions, Boosts Community Response
The Monterey County Prescribe Safe Initiative is a multi-agency collaborative conceived in February 2014 as a way to address the problem of prescription opioid misuse in Monterey County, CA.
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Warm Handoffs Connect Substance Abuse Patients to Vital Services
Although there are varying perspectives on whether emergency providers should place substance abuse patients on medication-assisted treatment while patients are in the emergency setting, there is wide agreement that linking all such patients to treatment is important.