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Arizona

Arizona is focusing its patient-centered medical home (PCMH) efforts on targeted populations including children with special health care needs, dual eligibles, and Native Americans. Beginning October 1, 2013, the Chidlren's Rehabilitative Services program by the Arizona Physicians IPA  will become an integrated health program, offering members both physical and behavioral health services.  As outlined in the Arizona Medicaid Program Strategic Plan, a Tribal Care Coordination Initiative is working to improve health outcomes among Arizona tribal members through the implementation of program initiatives that suppport care coordination and encourage the use of medical homes. 

CHIPRA: 
No
MAPCP: 
No
Dual Eligible: 
No
2703 Health Home: 
No
CPCi: 
No
SIM Awards: 
Yes
PCMH in QHP: 
No
Legislative PCMH Initiative: 
No
Private Payer Program: 
Yes
State Facts: 
Population:
6,654,800
Uninsured Population:
19%
Total Medicaid Spending FY 2013: 
$8.4 Billion
Overweight/Obese Adults:
61.8%
Poor Mental Health among Adults: 
35.2%
Medicaid Expansion:
Yes

Study affirms self-reported sleep duration as a useful health measure in children

on Thu, 2019-02-14 14:44   abigail
Results show agreement between sleep measures reported by children and their parents

JOURNAL: Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine

FUNDERS: National Institutes of Health, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, American Academy of Sleep Medicine Foundation

Story Date: 
February 14, 2019
News Author: 
American Academy of Sleep Medicine
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Advancing Primary Care Innovation through Medicaid Managed Care

on Tue, 2018-06-05 11:15   Allison

As the health care system moves toward more sophisticated value-based payment (VBP) models, those seeking to improve efficiency continue to look to primary care as the key to prevention and better health management. And for good reason: greater use of primary care is associated with lower costs, higher patient satisfaction, fewer hospitalizations and emergency department visits, and lower mortality.

Story Date: 
June 4, 2018
News Author: 
Rachael Matulis, MPH
Diana Crumley, JD, MPAff
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Treat Addiction Like Cancer

on Mon, 2018-05-21 10:01   Allison

Two years ago, I spent a week in Houston helping my stepbrother while he underwent treatment for Stage 4 lymphoma at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. I sat with him while a nurse cleaned his chemo port and made records of her work, to keep his medical team updated. I accompanied him for the blood tests that determined his readiness for the next treatment. I stayed by his bed as his stem cells were harvested for a transplant, one of the cutting-edge, evidence-based therapies that ultimately saved his life.

Story Date: 
May 19, 2018
News Author: 
Laura Hilgers
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A New Leaf

Practice Type: 
Not-for-profit practice
Practice Setting: 
Rural
Practice Address: 
8680 E University Drive
Mesa, AZ 85203

A New Leaf is a non-profit community program providing behavioral health, housing, and community services for Phoenix Valley residents and the surrounding cities. Last year, A New Leaf served more than 22,000 men, women and children in the community. They provide an array of behavioral health services to children 0-18 on Medicaid including children in the foster care system.

Desert Senita Community Health Center

Practice Type: 
FQHC
Not-for-profit practice
Primary care practice
Practice Setting: 
Rural
Practice Address: 
410 N Malacate Street
Ajo, AZ 85321

Desert Senita Community Health Center (DSCHC) is a Federally Qualified Health Center located in the rural community of Ajo, Arizona.  Ajo is located on the far southwest side of Pima County, 43 miles north of the Mexican border and 2.5 hours away from Tucson. With the mine closing in 1985, employment is limited and over a third of patients live below the federal poverty level.

PTN - Arizona Health-E Connection (Practice Innovation Institute)

The Practice Innovation Institute will prepare and enable 2,500 Arizona providers for successful participation in value-based, alternative payment arrangements.  Through outreach, education, coaching and direct assistance with processes and workflows, it will move participants through phases or milestones of practice innovation and transformation aimed at achieving and demonstrating the capability to generate better care and better health at a lower cost. Participating providers will see these key rewards for their patients, practices and communities:

CMS State Innovation Model (SIM) Design Award - Arizona

Arizona will engage a diverse group of stakeholders, including public and commercial payers, providers and consumers, to develop a State Health Care Innovation Plan. States receiving Model Design awards under the State Innovation Models initiative will have twelve months to submit their State Health Care Innovation Plans to CMS. 

Why medical students don't want to become primary care doctors

on Mon, 2014-09-29 00:00   caroline

It’s no secret that America has a shortage of primary care physicians and that the shortage is only going to get worse as the Affordable Care Act provides access to care for more U.S. citizens.
Phoenix has one of the worst physician shortages in the nation, according to a recent BetterDoctor.com ranking.

Story Date: 
September 29, 2014
News Author: 
Angela Gonzales
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