The three-year initiative will be funded through the Affordable Care Act and a $70 million federal grant to the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services. The project is slated to begin in January in five state regions.
Here are six initiatives outlined in the plan.
1. Dubbed “Michigan’s Blueprint for Health Innovation,” all five regions will have a coordinating entity that will manage linking certified patient-centered medical homes, hospitals in accountable care systems, payers and social service organizations.
2. The 400 certified patient-centered medical homes agreed to guidelines like expanded patient office hours, tracking chronic illnesses and coordinating care with laboratories, pharmacies, imaging centers and specialty physicians.
3. Goals of the program include increasing the number of certified patient-centered medical homes to 1,000 by 2020 and treating more than 2.5 million patients.
4. Next year, the program will begin targeting high and avoidable use of emergency department services, according to the report.
5. By 2018 the five regions will set other goals like lowering obesity, depression, infant mortality and chronic illnesses, among others.
6. Providers will one day use the program to coordinate care for all acute and chronically ill patients, according to the report. Total provider payments under the program are currently unknown.
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