Our Services: Care System Development
The Network is actively involved in developing a coordinated health
care system that provides best practices for serving low-income
and other underserved populations while confronting the changing
complexion of modern health care economies.
The community health care model helps to break down barriers our
patients encounter in seeking health care, barriers to delivery
systems innovation, and barriers to behavior change for improved
health outcomes. With funding from the St. Paul and Bigelow Foundations,
the Network continued to develop our capacity to perform in the
managed care market as a care system. Negotiating on a group basis
strengthens the bargaining power of even our smallest clinics and
improves reimbursement rates for insured patients.
In 2003, Network received additional funding from the Bureau of
Primary Care to expand our resources focused on performance measures
in Medicaid Managed Care. As a care system of safety net providers,
the Network began work with the Minnesota Department of Human Services
and Hennepin County Medical Center on purchasing strategies for
state public programs and for providing health care to the growing
numbers of uninsured and underinsured in the community.
We also began the development of a community-based care system
for the state’s Minnesota Senior Health Options program (MSHO).
This program integrates the funding and benefits of Medicare and
Medical Assistance for the elderly. Care coordination at the clinic
level includes necessary health education, home care and social
services needed to keep seniors living in their homes and communities.
For more information on this business area, please contact:
Care System Development: walter.cooney@nhcn.org
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