Primary Care Case Management (PCCM):
A New Option for HUSKY
| February 1, 2009, in just a small part of the state, HUSKY
began offering a new option to families and health care
providers desperate for an alternative to the troubled HMOs.
Primary Care Case Management (PCCM), called HUSKY Primary Care
in Connecticut, is based on the patient-centered medical home
model, built on delivering care through a team of providers and
giving patients the tools and support they need to keep
themselves healthy. In Connecticut, PCCM providers are paid on a
fee-for-service basis for the care they provide plus a modest
sum of $7.50 per member per month to coordinate care.
Thirty other states successfully use PCCM to run their
Medicaid managed care programs. In those states, both providers
and patients are generally more satisfied with PCCM programs
than with traditional HMOs and health outcomes are improved.
PCCM will reduce HUSKY administrative burdens and give providers
and patients more control over medical decision-making.
January 1, 2010 PCCM/HUSKY Primary Care will become available
to HUSKY families in the New Haven and Hartford areas. An army
of students, interns and volunteers is working to make sure
providers and families know about this important option. If you
would like to get involved,
send us an email
or call us (203) 562-1636 for more information. |
Students, volunteers and interns getting the word out about
PCCM and HUSKY |
October 4, 2010 -
Care Coordination Notice to PCCM Enrollees
September 2, 2010 -
Advocates letter
supporting statewide PCCM over capitation
Testimony given to the Appropriations Committee on February 5,
2010:
HUSKY Primary Care/PCCM
Community Outreach Flyer - English
HUSKY Primary Care/PCCM
Community Outreach Flyer - Spanish
Forum: Come
learn about HUSKY Primary Care, Tuesday, November 24, 2009, 5 to
7 pm, Hartford
Forum: Come
learn about HUSKY Primary Care, Thursday, November 19, 2009, 6 to 8
pm, New Haven
For more information on PCCM:
HUSKY Primary Care - A
Different Approach to Your Health Care
FAQ for Consumers
FAQ for Providers
March 31, 2009 -
Testimony given to
Appropriations and Human Services Committees re: HUSKY waiver proposal
and impact on PCCM
CT Health Policy
Project's PCCM comments on HUSKY Waiver
DSS
proposed HUSKY waiver
DSS Concept Paper
Provider
application
Highlights from the CT Health Policy Project PCCM legislative forum
March 27, 2007
Primary Care Case Management (PCCM)
Legislative Forum - Highlights
Policymaker Issue Brief No. 46
- What's HUSKY going to cost in the future - Estimating PCCM and HMO
costs
Policymaker Issue Brief No. 29 – Primary Care Case Management: A
Better Option for Connecticut, September 2006
PCCM Research Summaries and Links
Medical home research and links relevant to PCCM:
R. Berenson, et.al.,
A House is not a Home: Keeping Patients at the Center of Practice
Redesign, Health Affairs, 27:1219-1230, Sept/Oct 2008.
NCQA:
Patient-Centered Medical Home
American Academy of Pediatrics,
Medical Home Project
The Commonwealth Fund:
Patient-Centered Care
Primary Care Case Management: An Alternative for Medicaid in
Connecticut – A survey across states with PCCM programs to answer
questions posed by CT policymakers, providers, researchers, advocates
and consumers. Conducted by four Yale School of Nursing graduate
students, December 2000
Highlights from the CT Health Policy Project's January 29th, 2001
conference - Alternatives to Medicaid Managed
Care: What is PCCM Anyway?
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