Innovations

Integrated Care Management (ICM) is innovative Texas Medicaid managed care program designed to address the complex care needs of people with disabilities or who are 65 or older. Specialized services, such as health-care coordination and long-term services and supports, will assist participants to perform their day-to-day activities. The ICM model will serve mainly adults who live in the Dallas and Tarrant service areas

Cherokee Health Systems believes in a type of holistic care called Integrated Care. This biopsychosocial approach to health care addresses the whole person by integrating behavioral services into primary care. By combining the best traditions of primary care (adult, family practice, pediatric) and mental health services the integrated health care team is able to treat the whole person - mind and body so all patient needs are met. Behavioral health consultants work within a primary care ...

The vast majority of South Dakota's elderly depend on rural health care providers and rural nursing homes for their health care needs. While these professionals are expected to provide a high standard of care in geriatrics, many find it difficult to obtain up-to-date continuing education in such isolated rural areas. The South Dakota Geriatric Forum was developed in response to the great need for quality geriatric education in the state's rural and frontier ...

The Medical Homes Network Program in South Carolina connects each beneficiary with a primary care physician who is part of a network managed by a Care Coordination Services Organization (CSO). CSOs provide disease management, care coordination, and data management services to help physicians function as medical homes. The CSOs also have a direct link with beneficiaries, providing consumer education on missed primary care appointments and appropriate emergency room utilization and engaging beneficiaries in the care ...

Connect Care Choice is a health care option for adults who have Medical Assistance coverage and are 21 year old or older.  The goal of Connect Care Choice is to improve access to primary care,  help coordinate health care needs, and link to support services in the community.

This is an enhanced primary care case management (EPCCM) and disease management program that started in 2005. Pay-for-participation payments are made in addition to Medicaid fees paid for covered professional services. Physicians receive payments for: * Reviewing and partnering in the ACCESS Plus program. * Contacting newly eligible high-risk patients to encourage them to enroll in the program. * Furnishing contact information for selected patients. * Completing the Chronic Care Feedback Form that care coordination nurses use to help ...

This program is a cooperative project between the Oregon Health & Science University and The John A. Hartford Foundation. Our mission is to improve the quality of care for seniors and patients with chronic illnesses using care managers and information systems.

The SoonerCare Health Management Program (HMP) is an innovative and comprehensive disease management program designed to benefit members with chronic conditions as well as the provider. HMP members will be selected for the program using predictive modeling software. The software identifies SoonerCare Choice members who are at high risk for adverse outcomes and increased health care expenditures. Most of this risk will be driven by co-morbid conditions that increase the likelihood of a health care ...

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The Dakota Geriatric Education Center (GEC) is a comprehensive geriatric education program that is located in the Center for Rural Health (CRH) at the University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences (UNDSMHS). The project is a consortium effort designed to meet the unique geriatric health care needs of North Dakota elders throughout the state, by providing educational experiences at the undergraduate, graduate, and post graduate level. The project places a special emphasis ...