Analysis of Community Care of North Carolina Cost Savings Due to Medicaid Medical Homes

December 15, 2011 The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services engaged a health care consulting firm-Milliman, to analyze Medicaid cost-savings achieved by the Community Care of North Carolina (CCNC). A report released by Milliman indicates that CCNC reduced North Carolina Medicaid costs through care management activities as seen mainly in hospital and emergency room costs. By enrolling patients in medical homes, North Carolina will save almost $1 billion in Medicaid costs over 4 years. Medical homes, which consist of multidisciplinary caregivers headed by a physician, offer Medicaid-enrollees a chance to visit a doctor before their . . .