- ACA Implementation & State Health Reform
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Evaluating the Patient-Centered Medical Home: Potential and Limitations of Claims-Based Data
This State Health Policy Briefing summarizes the advantages and disadvantages of using claims-based data to evaluate patient-centered medical home initiatives. A Medicaid-based medical home initiative in Oklahoma and a multi-payer medical home pilot in Rhode Island are highlighted. Both states are using a mixture of claims-based data and supplementary resources like patient or provider surveys and data collected from electronic medical records to evaluate their medical home programs. Understanding the potential uses and limitations of both claims data and other data sources that can aid evaluators will help states to design appropriate evaluative criteria for their medical home programs.September 2010» -
Evaluating Community-Based Children’s Health Promotion Programs: A Snapshot of Strategies and Methods
This report provides practical information that states and community groups can use to develop evaluation components for community-based projects that focus on children’s health promotion. Through an examination of seven representative projects, the report offers examples and lessons learned related to various aspects of evaluation, among them: design, process and partnerships, outcomes, and dissemination. Programs may need to address underlying tensions that may exist between program administrators and evaluators when trying to determine the balance between the community’s interest in evaluation and the evaluator and funders’ concerns with rigorous evaluation methodologies. Being clear about the purpose of the evaluation, listening to stakeholder needs, and designing well-constructed evaluations can alleviate some of these concerns.March 2006 -
Maintenance Allowance Fact Sheet
This fact sheet briefly explains federal rules that allow states to provide home and community-based services waivers to individuals who would be eligible for services in an institution.October 2005 -
Informing Consumers about Assisted Living: State Practices
This paper summarizes efforts in Colorado, Florida, New Jersey, and Washington to provide information to help consumers prepare and select assisted living residences. Checklists and consumer guides developed by these states are included in the appendix.June 2005 -
Expediting Medicaid Financial Eligibility
This report discusses how states are expediting Medicaid eligibility determinations.July 2004 -
Coordinating Care for the Chronically Ill: How Do We Get There from Here?
This paper, a product of the National Academy for State Health Policy’s Flood Tide Forum series, is designed to identify innovative strategies to improve care coordination for the chronically ill. It reviews data on the incidence and costs of chronic conditions, summarizes the literature on care coordination, and highlights state programs.June 2003 -
Building Medical Home Neighborhoods through Community-Based Teams: Lessons from Three States with Emerging Programs
This event is made possible by the generous support of The Commonwealth Fund.Wednesday, April 18, 20122:30 pm - 4:00 pmEDTCommunity-based teams can help medical home providers offer primary care that is coordinated, whole-person oriented, and integrated with local community resources. Nine states are now making payments to community-based practice support teams, and others are exploring possibilities for launching teams in the near future. Webcast attendees will hear from program leaders in Alabama, Michigan, and Minnesota about why they are enhancing their medical home programs with community-based teams. The speakers will also discuss program financing and how teams can help link medical homes to medical neighborhoods, especially to care for complex Medicaid enrollees.Speakers
Melinda K. Abrams, M.S., Vice President at The Commonwealth Fund
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Marie Maes-Voreis
Marie Maes-Voreis, R.N., M.A., is Director, Health Care Homes at the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) and the Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS). Ms. Maes-Voreis brings 35 years of nursing and health care leadership experience to the Health Care Homes initiative. She is responsible for the program implementation of the 2008 Health Care Homes legislation for MDH / DHS as a joint government private sector project. Prior to joining MDH, Ms. Maes-Voreis worked as a Director of Primary Care Communication systems at Park Nicollet Health Services and the Director of the Family Medicine clinics at Hennepin County Medical Center (HCMC). She was a Quality Improvement/Planning Specialist with HCMC. She managed the successful implementation of medical home using a multi-disciplinary team care model in family medicine and has extensive experience with implementation of the EPIC electronic health record. Ms. Maes-Voreis has a Master of Arts Degree in Health and Human Services Administration from St. Mary’s University, MN and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing from the College of St. Benedict, MN.
