State Innovations: Updates from the Minnesota Health Care Home Initiative

PCPCC, NASHP

Giovedì Apr 17, 2014 11:00 am to 12:00 pm EDT

Stati Uniti

A leader in care quality improvement and cost reduction, Minnesota's Health Care Home (HCH) initiative, which includes 322 certified Health Care Homes, has lowered costs for Medicaid enrollees by more than 9% since the program began in 2010. The Director of Minnesota's Health Care Home initiative, joins us to provide an overview of Minnesota's innovative program and the lead evaluator of Minnesota's Health Care Home initiative, will review key findings of the 2014 Health Care Home Evaluation Report to the Minnesota State Legislature.

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Marie Maes-Voreis, MA, PHN, BSN

Director Health Care Homes, State of Minnesota

Marie has led the implementation of Health Care Homes legislation for the Minnesota Department of Health and the Minnesota Department of Human Services as a joint government private sector project since 2008. In addition, she is the State’s Co-Lead for the community integration and practice transformation work for the Minnesota Accountable Health Model-SIM Minnesota testing grant. Prior to joining MDH Marie worked as a Director of Primary Communication systems at Park Nicollet Health Services in St. Louis Park, MN and the Director of the Family Medicine clinics at Hennepin County Medical Center (HCMC) in Minneapolis, MN. read more

Douglas Wholey, PhD

Professor, University of Minnesota, School of Public Health

Dr. Douglas Wholey is a professor of organizations and management at the School of Public Health at the University of Minnesota. His research focuses on care coordination in professional teams, such as health care homes that provide services for disadvantaged individuals or individuals with chronic conditions, and primary care organization. He is currently leading the team evaluating Minnesota’s Health Care Home initiative and is also studying the relationship between team coordination and client outcomes in Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) teams. He has studied the relationship between CHF team organization in hospitals and performance and has collaborated with English researchers on a study of coordination and patient outcomes in English primary care. read more

Neva Kaye

Managing Director, Health System Performance, National Academy for State Health Policy

Neva Kaye is Managing Director for Health System Performance at NASHP. She joined the organization in 1994 as director of the organization’s Medicaid Managed Care Resource Center. In her current position, she leads a team that works on major health policy issues. She provides technical assistance to states in such areas as purchasing, medical homes, managed care, and reimbursement strategies. Neva was also a key architect of NASHP’s ABCD program which has supported over 20 states in implementing payment and delivery system models that improve the delivery of child development services, including social and emotional development services. read more

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Marie Maes-Voreis

Douglas Wholey

Neva Kaye

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