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Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) approves its first primary research projects
PCORI today announced the approval of 25 awards, totaling $40.7 million over three years, to fund patient-centered comparative clinical effectiveness research projects under the first four areas of its National Priorities for Research and Research Agenda
Information on all of today's awards, including the project name, primary investigator, and research institution, is provided on the PCORI website,www.pcori.org.
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New York's Chronic Illness Demonstration Project: Lessons for Medicaid Health Homes
Earlier this month, New York received official approval from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to implement statewide expansion of its Health Home for Medicaid Enrollees with Chronic Conditions program. Through enhanced funding available under the Affordable Care Act, the state aims to extend case management services to nearly one million of its five million Medicaid beneficiaries, in both the fee-for-service and managed care programs. The state is using an earlier pilot - the Chronic Illness Demonstration Project (CIDP) - as a model for its health homes approach.
This new profile from the Center for Health Care Strategies details experiences of the CIDP initiative, which included six regional pilots focused on improving care for Medicaid beneficiaries with chronic physical and behavioral health needs. The three-year CIDP effort was part of the Rethinking Care Program, a CHCS initiative made possible by Kaiser Permanente Community Benefit, to test new strategies for improving health care quality and controlling spending for Medicaid's highest-need, highest-cost populations.
Takeaways from New York's CIDP initiative offer valuable lessons to other states across the country that are exploring health home options to improve care management for complex need populations. Read more>>
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Senator Kerry Introduces Care Coordination for Older Americans Act (CCOAA)
On August 1, 2012, Senator John F. Kerry introduced Senate bill, 3465, the “Care Coordination for Older Americans Act of 2012.” In his opening remarks, Senator Kerry acknowledged the “pivotal … assistance” provided by N3C in developing the definition for care coordination used in the new bill. Acknowledgements were also given to N3C member organizations for their support and respective contributions to developing this significant progress toward OAA Reauthorization. For more details, you may click on the following: a) Final Floor Statement; b) Final Dear Colleague; c) Final List of Endorsing Organizations; d) Final Section by Section Summary; and e) Final Full Text of S. 3465.
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Aging in America, Annual Conference of the American Society on Aging, 2012 Conference Proceedings [Publications]
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N3C Deliver Statement at OAA Stakeholder Meeting
Brian Lindberg speaks to the Senate Subcommittee on Primary Health and Aging and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on August 25th, 2011[PDF]
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Strategic Alliances
Workgroup members, including physicians, nurses, LTSS/HCBS and technical assistance providers, formed earlier this year to develop products for community-based social service organizations to engage physicians, hospitals, health systems/plans and managed care organizations so that there is a shared understanding of the benefits that accrue from establishing partnerships and working together. The group has developed a concept paper to seek additional funding to support this work.
