Effective January 1, 2011, State Medicaid Plans Able to Fund Health Home Services for Beneficiaries With Chronic Conditions

OPEN MINDS Weekly News Wire Strategic Health Care News Starting January 1, 2011, state Medicaid plans will be able to provide health home services to Medicaid beneficiaries with chronic conditions; a key feature of the health home demonstration will be the use of information technology to improve coordination and management of care and patient adherence to their health home provider’s recommendations. The new Medicaid health home option was authorized by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010. On November 16, 2010, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released preliminary guidance and its expectations for . . .