Virginia

The State of Virginia is undergoing significant reforms to their Medicaid program. As outlined by Secretary Hazel in April 2014, the 1st phase includes implementation of their dual eligibles program, the Commonwealth Coordinated Care Program. The second phase includes "Limited Provider Networks and Medical Homes." These will include creating an agreement with the federal government that allows for limited provider networks would afford Virginia’s MCO’s, health systems, and health care providers to create innovative models of  comprehensive care specific to a region, chronic condition, or co-occurring medical situations that span across physical and mental health. While number of providers may be reduced with a limited network, qualifying beneficiaries could receive higher quality coordinated care through a limited network arrangement.

CHIPRA: 
No
MAPCP: 
No
Dual Eligible: 
Yes
2703 Health Home: 
No
CPCi: 
No
SIM Awards: 
No
PCMH in QHP: 
No
Legislative PCMH Initiative: 
No
Private Payer Program: 
Yes
State Facts: 
Population:
8,180,700
Uninsured Population:
11%
Total Medicaid Spending FY 2013: 
$7.3 Billion 
Overweight/Obese Adults:
64.0%
Poor Mental Health among Adults: 
30.1%
Medicaid Expansion: 
No

Doctors are a naturally competitive bunch. CareFirst has tapped into that to tackle health costs.

What's one of the most effective ways to get doctors to change their referral and drug-prescribing habits, two of best-known drivers of health care costs? Tap into their competitive sides.

That's what CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield CEO Chet Burrell told attendees at the recent Health Datapalooza conference in D.C. as he discussed how data has become a secret weapon for the Owings Mills-based insurer, the region's largest.

Bon Secours Richmond latest to offer virtual doctor's visits

From her office at Ironbridge Family Practice in Chesterfield County, Dr. Andreya Risser can see you even if you can’t get to her office.

She is just a few taps away if you have a smartphone or tablet handy, seeing patients through the new Bon Secours 24/7 e-visits service launched in January by the Bon Secours Richmond Health System.

News Author: 
Tammie Smith

Stanley’s bills aimed at lowering costs for healthcare in rural areas

Sen. Bill Stanley (R- Franklin County) has introduced several bills to reform rural healthcare during this session of the Virginia General Assembly.

“The reform of rural healthcare is an important issue for our area, and I continue to propose legislation in Richmond that will ensure quality healthcare for the people of our region,” Stanley said.

The first piece of legislation proposed by Stanley would establish a telemedicine pilot program for rural areas.

News Author: 
K.A. Wagoner

PTN - HQI

As a Practice Transformation Network, HQI will support 1,250 Virginia office-based physicians to expand their quality improvement capacity, learn from one another, and achieve common goals of improved care, better health, and reduced cost. The network will help practices report and analyze clinical performance data, identify patients with multiple chronic conditions and manage their care, coordinate with other providers to manage transitions from inpatient care, and build “medical neighborhoods” of best-value specialists to whom they can refer patients.

Carilion Clinic Medical Home Improves Chronic Care

Ask Anthony Stavola, M.D., how adopting the patient-centered medical home model has changed the way he practices medicine, and he’ll answer with a personal anecdote. It involves a patient with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes and a drastically high A1C of 18 percent.

News Author: 
Geri Aston

Stanley provides update on key crossover legislation

This week in Richmond we worked feverishly to finish our work in the Virginia Senate before “crossover,” the annual event where bills that have been passed in the full Senate and House of Delegates are sent to the opposite chamber for consideration.

Only those bills that pass from both the House and the Senate are then sent on to the governor for his signature or veto.Senate Bill 713: Patient-Centered Medical Home Advisory Council. Establishes the Patient-Centered Medical Home Advisory Council (Council) as an advisory council in the executive branch.

Sen. Bill Stanley's 20th District Report

Sen. William M. Stanley Jr. (R-Glade Hill) this week announced the second release of a series of legislative initiatives for the 2015 General Assembly session that will benefit citizens of the 20th District and the commonwealth.

AAMC Project CORE: Coordinating Optimal Referral Experiences - Virginia

The Association of American Medical Colleges received a CMS Health Care Innovation Award to fund scalability testing of an electronic consultation and referral system for implementation at five partner medical centers. The model, developed by the University of California San Francisco, aims to address gaps in primary care-specialty care communication and provide technology for non-face-to-face electronic consultation.

Medicaid in an Era of Change: Findings from the Annual Kaiser 50-State Medicaid Budget Survey at a Forum with the National Association of Medicaid Directors

2014-10-14 09:30 to 11:30

State Medicaid programs are in a time of transformation as the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, the focus on delivery system reforms and the improving economy drive changes in Medicaid’s coverage and provision of health and long term services and supports, with varied impacts on Medicaid spending and enrollment around the country.

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Senator proposes alternative to Medicaid expansion

Twentieth District State Sen. Bill Stanley (R-Moneta) introduced several pieces of legislation in the Special Session of the General Assembly Friday. The legislative proposals focus on creating solutions for the efficient delivery of quality health care for all Virginians as a comprehensive alternative to the expansion of Medicaid.

Senator Stanley has patroned the following legislation:

• Senate Bill (SB) 5001: Establishment of a Patient-Centered Medical Home Advisory Council.

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