Pennsylvania’s UPMC Program Works To Revamp Medicaid Payment System

Circle Connections: New Products & Services UPMC for You is trying to design a system to improve care for children with complex medical conditions while reducing costs. UPMC for You, a nonprofit Medicaid-managed care organization, received a $440,000 grant over three years from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to overhaul the payment system for these children. Officials are hopeful the changes could become a model to revamp the entire Medicaid program. This was reported by Trib Live on February 23, 2013. Contact information: John Lovelace, President, UPMC For You, U.S. Steel Tower, 600 Grant Street, Pittsburgh, PA . . .