As a supporting member of Medicaid Health Plans of America (MHPA), Sellers Dorsey is proud to sponsor a series of webinars on Medicaid managed care topics. Last month, Sellers Dorsey's Director of Health Care Reform, Pris Boroniec, presented the attached Webinar "Medical Homes: Implications for Medicaid Managed Care Organizations."
Over the past several years states have increasingly pursued Medicaid Medical Home initiatives by implementing new program requirements and payment reforms. In addition, the federal government has designed a Medical Home demonstration pilot for Medicare. With a growing focus on promoting effective care coordination and chronic care management, ensuring use of evidence-based protocols, integrating primary, preventive and behavioral health care, incenting consumer involvement and responsibility, and leveraging E-health infrastructure, it is likely that Medical Home initiatives will become even more widespread in the future. Pilots that would further develop and test Medical Homes are included in proposed national health reform legislation, and structural components that support the framework for medical homes, such as HIT and quality initiatives, have been enacted in the Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization (CHIPRA) and in economic stimulus (ARRA).
The Medical Home Webinar highlighted the goals, issues and decisions in building a medical home, reviewed state and federal initiatives for Medical Homes, and explored opportunities and challenges to Medicaid managed care plans of Medical Homes.
If you have any questions about the Webinar or would like to discuss it further, please feel free to contact Pris at pboroniec@sellersdorsey.com or 608.203.2685.