Ohio Medicaid To Launch Patient-Centered Medical Homes In 2016

Ohio is preparing to launch the second component of its cross-payer health system reform project, a statewide patient-centered medical home (PCMH) model, in 2016. By December 2018, the Ohio Office of Health Transformation (OHT) anticipates that at least 80% of the state’s 11.5 million population across all payers including Medicaid, will be participating in a PCMH for primary care services.

To implement the Medicaid PCMH component, on May 27, 2015, the Ohio Department of Medicaid released a request for proposals (RFP 0A1154) seeking responses by June 22, 2015 from contractors with experience in designing PCMH programs . . .