January 20, 2011 - Minnesota plans to use the ACA's Medicaid health homes option to build on its current statewide medical home initiative, which began in 2003. Jeffrey Schiff, M.D., the medical director of health care programs at Minnesota's Department of Human Services, said that the provision "is very compatible with our program.
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August 25, 2008 - In May 2008, Minnesota legislators and Governor Tim Pawlenty reached agreement on a comprehensive package of health care payment reforms designed to promote medical homes, quality measurement, and cost and quality transparency.
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April 28, 2008 - The Minnesota Legislature is currently engaged in a dramatic health care reform debate. Legislation based on the work of a pair of study panels passed the state Senate and House of Representatives and was handed to a conference committee for fine-tuning.
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May 26, 2005 - The state of Minnesota has joined with private business and labor groups in a "Smart-Buy Alliance" to drive quality improvements and efficiencies in the health care delivery system.
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January 14, 2010 - Nonpayment for adverse events is the focus of Missouri's payment reform. Its Medicaid program, MO Healthnet, instituted a nonpayment policy for preventable serious adverse events and hospital or ambulatory surgical center–acquired conditions on June 30, 2009.
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January 20, 2011 - Missouri has pioneered a program for Medicaid beneficiaries with severe mental illness that is based in community mental health centers and provides care coordination and disease management to address the "whole person," including both mental illness and chronic medical conditions. The initiative is a partnership among Missouri's Departments of Mental Health, MO HealthNet, and the Missouri Coalition of Community Mental Health Centers.
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November 29, 2005 - The Culture Change Staging Tool is a free, Web-based tool that enables nursing homes to assess their progress in transforming resident care.
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April 4, 2006 - A DVD and accompanying workbook, "A Tale of Transformation: Four Stages Tell the Story," offer learning points and inspiration for teams working to change the culture of nursing homes. These resources are designed to work hand in hand with the Culture Change Staging Tool.
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January 27, 2012 - Monarch HealthCare, a physician-led independent practice association in Orange County, Calif., is one of the provider groups participating in the Brookings–Dartmouth ACO Pilot Program to form accountable care organizations, which assume responsibility for improving patient care and lowering total costs and, in turn, share in the savings achieved.
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April 17, 2012 - The Patient-Centered Medical Home Assessment is a self-assessment tool that was developed by the MacColl Center for Health Care Innovation and Qualis Health for the Safety Net Medical Home Initiative to help practices understand to what degree they function as a medical home and to identify opportunities for improvement.
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January 23, 2009 - In November, Montana residents overwhelmingly passed Initiative 155, which establishes the Healthy Montana Kids plan to expand and coordinate coverage for uninsured children under Medicaid and SCHIP.
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October 19, 2010 - Montefiore Medical Center, an academic medical center in New York City, has created an integrated system of care for its primarily low-income patients. This patient-centered system of hospitals, community clinics, and school-based clinics uses innovative practices for managing chronic disease, provides access to high-quality specialty hospital care, and employs targeted care management and robust health information technology in support of integrated care.
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July 20, 2010 - This case study provides an example of how a Boston-area independent practice association forged relationships among physicians and a hospital to share in savings generated by improved quality and lower costs.
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April 7, 2008 - In Maine's pursuit of quality improvement, it is using measurement, public reporting of data, and identification of high achievers to understand its health care delivery systems and improve outcomes.
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December 19, 2008 - By focusing on patient satisfaction and engaging frontline staff in improving care, Munson Medical Center has become one of the better large hospitals in the United States in terms of overall patient satisfaction.
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