Healthcare at Home Blog Series: The Benefits of Healthcare at Home
The political landscape and CMS policies are shifting to support the transition of healthcare at home.
The political landscape and CMS policies are shifting to support the transition of healthcare at home.
The political landscape and CMS policies are shifting to support the transition of healthcare at home.
An integrated approach to managed care in Delaware is creating true value-based care systems for the state’s LTSS communities
We take a look at Arkansas’ provider-led network as a groundbreaking new model for Medicaid consumers. Their whole-person approach is a true example of what value-based care can offer consumers and providers.
Tennessee has built a strong structure for their Medicaid-managed long-term services and supports community with a program they launched in 2010 called CHOICES. Their program has been revered for its flexibility, high quality, and consumer-first approach.
Iowa’s IA Health Link launch left both providers and consumers frustrated by putting their budget before the quality of care. We analyze the missteps they took after setting unrealistic timelines for the work that needed to be done. Their MLTSS program continues to serve as a learning tool for other state’s roll outs.
First up in our review of value-based purchasing in managed care MLTSS programs is Arizona. The program has gone through a variety of upgrades and changes.
New Blog Series Launch: Looking at 25 states’ MLTSS managed care programs from an advocate-centered point of view
Break Through Value-Based Payments Pay for Performance – An Opportunity for Self-Direction in HCBS THE VBP Blog Roughly a year ago we did a blog on Payment for Performance that took a look at the second step in the Value-Based Continuum. Pay for Performance (P4P) is the model that sets metrics to incentivize providers to achieve, advance, and exceed through their quality of care. We talked about the pros – sustainable metrics can lead to higher quality care – and the cons – lower social-economic status areas will have inevitable bad outcomes and thus receive less funding. The P4P model is undoubtedly the longest standing and fastest growing[2] above its counterparts in shared savings, bundling, and shared risk models. In… Read More »Pay for Performance – An Opportunity for Self-Direction in HCBS
Deep dives into six states’ working managed care programs found some that achieved great success and others that stumbled right out of the gate.