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KanCare Behavioral Health Homes |
Kansas |
| KanCare, Kansas' Medicaid program, is using the medical home model to target high-risk patients diagnosed with Serious Mental Illness (SMI). Behavioral Health Homes provide six core services: comprehensive care management; care coordination and health promotion; comprehensive transitional care (including appropriate follow-up from inpatient to other settings); individual and family support; referral to community and social support services, if relevant; and the use of health information technology to link services. An expansion of the model to serve people with chronic conditions like asthma or diabetes has been delayed. | |
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Target Population |
Medicaid enrollees with Serious Mental Illness (SMI) and high ER utilization |
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Care Team |
Case manager, nurse, physicians, behavioral health professionals |
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Timeframe |
2014 - present |
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Results/ Studies |
Peer-reviewed research showed that 2012-2013 ER use dropped 55% among the intervention group. |
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Funding |
Federal and state prospective payments |
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