Louisiana Gained Improved Outcomes For Families, Reduced Emergency Room Visits With Medicaid MCO Value-Based In-Home Primary Care

A value-based care arrangement in Louisiana between Nest Health and AmeriHealth Caritas resulted in reduced emergency room visits and improved outcomes for families, according to an analysis conducted by AmeriHealth Caritas Louisiana, one of the state’s Medicaid managed care organizations (MCOs). Nest Health is a whole-family health care practice. AmeriHealth Caritas Louisiana is one of six Medicaid MCOs that participate in the Healthy Louisiana program.

Nest Health partnered with AmeriHealth Caritas Louisiana in December 2023 to provide home-based primary health care to up to 7,500 health plan enrollees in the New Orleans metropolitan region who . . .