Read PCC’s report that reviews the evidence to identify eight primary care payment and delivery reform strategies to improve access, outcomes, and equity for Medicaid recipients.
"Access & Equity in Medicaid: Robust Primary Care is a Must"
Read PCC’s report that reviews the evidence to identify eight primary care payment and delivery reform strategies to improve access, outcomes, and equity for Medicaid recipients.
Long-term services and supports (LTSS) include a broad range of services from nursing home care to community supports such as personal care, transportation, help with chores and maintaining a home. They provide a particularly important lifeline for older adults and individuals with disabilities or multiple chronic conditions. Access to appropriate LTSS can help people live independently, including remaining in their homes, continuing to work, and participating in their families and communities.
The Action Guide is a framework to help multi-sector groups work together to improve population health by addressing 10 interrelated elements for success and using the related resources as needed. Like a “how-to” manual, the Action Guide is organized by these 10 elements and contains definitions, recommendations, practical examples, and a range of resources to help communities achieve their shared goals and make lasting improvements in population health.
This survey is a look forward to what employers are planning for 2016. The survey was fielded May/June of 2015, just as large employers are finalizing plans for next year.
Employers were asked to provide information on their 2016 plan offerings, including:
Medical trend for 2016
Predictions on when plans hit the excise tax and steps taken to avoid the tax
As health care costs continue to rise and consume a higher percentage of employer and household budgets, employers and consumers are looking for ways to get better value care—high-quality care at a more affordable price. This pursuit of higher value is frequently hindered by a lack of easily accessible and useful information about the quality, price, and medical necessity of health care services. Some health care experts advocate for greater quality and price transparency as a building block for a higher-value health care system. Yet transparency is only part of the value equation.
Since 2006, a majority of states have implemented medical home initiatives in their Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Programs as a means of containing cost, improving health outcomes, and increasing both patient and provider satisfaction. A medical home is designed to provide team-based care—led by a primary care provider—that is comprehensive, patient-centric, coordinated, assessable, and committed to quality and safety. Many national health plans, including WellPoint, Aetna, Humana, UnitedHealth Group, and Blue Cross Blue Shield, have also embraced the patientcentered medical home
