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Center for Health Care Strategies to Coordinate CHIPRA-Funded Collaborative for Children with Serious Behavioral Health Needs
CHCS will serve as the coordinating entity for a multi-state collaborative to improve quality and reduce costs for children with serious behavioral health needs. The effort will be funded by one of 10 Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 (CHIPRA) grants announced Tuesday (February 23).
CHCS Welcomes Deborah Bachrach as Senior Program Consultant
CHCS is pleased to announce that Deborah Bachrach, JD, the former Director of New York's Medicaid program and Deputy Commissioner of the Office of Health Insurance Programs for New York State, is working with CHCS as a Senior Program Consultant.
New Study Details Complex Health Care Needs of Medicaid's Highest-Need, Highest-Cost Populations
Building on an earlier analysis that examined one year of national Medicaid diagnostic data, this new study adds two data sets -- pharmacy claims and five years of diagnostic data -- to further refine what is known about Medicaid beneficiaries with chronic needs.
Project Spotlights
Rochester Regional Quality Improvement Initiative Supports Providers in Diabetes Care
Supporting physicians in better diabetes care delivery can significantly improve clinical outcomes for patients with diabetes and control spending for this high-need, high-cost population. With this in mind, a cross-payer coalition of health plans, state and county health departments, and other stakeholders in New York's Monroe County are working with physicians to achieve recognition under the Diabetes Physician Recognition Program of the National Committee for Quality Assurance.
Rhode Island Pilots Innovative, Cross-Payer Patient-Centered Medical Home Model
Through an innovative cross-payer pilot, Rhode Island is helping physician practices achieve patient-centered medical home recognition from NCQA. The pilot is testing the power of cross-payer alignment to support a sustainable model for chronic care delivery in primary care settings.