Program Design

Health Homes Pace Car Rapid Learning Network. Resources are available from this ICRC learning collaborative, a forum for early-adopting health home states to share ideas and observations as they implement health homes.
Exploring Medicaid Health Homes Webinar Series. Resources are available from this ICRC webinar series, an open state-only forum to disseminate knowledge for health home planning.
Data Analysis Considerations to Inform Medicaid Health Home Program Design(Integrated Care Resource Center/June 2012). This technical assistance brief guides state discussions and decisions around claims data analysis for the development of Medicaid health homes.
“At-a-Glance” Guide to Federal Medicaid Authorities Useful in Restructuring Medicaid Health Care Delivery or Payment (ICRC/April 2012): This technical assistance tool summarizes Federal authorities useful in restructuring Medicaid health care delivery or payment, and that can be exercised through State Plan Amendments or waivers.
State-by-State Health Home State Plan Amendment Matrix (ICRC/December 2012) This matrix outlines key program design features from health home State Plan Amendments (SPAs) submitted to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. It captures what states have proposed in final SPAs submitted as of December 2012.
Core Value, Community Connections: Care Coordination in the Medical Home: (Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative/October 2011). This report includes tools to implement care coordination within health homes and to measure and monitor its effectiveness.

Five Key Considerations for Exploring the Medicaid Health Homes Opportunity (ICRC/October 2011) This technical assistance tool outlines key considerations to help states determine whether to invest in health homes and how to get started in doing so.
Initial Considerations to Guide the Development of Medicaid Health Homes (CHCS/June 2011) Outlines key initial considerations to guide State health-home program design, including a hands-on checklist that walks States through a list of decision points.
Medicaid Health-Home Design Strategies (CHCS/March 2011) State call summaries highlight critical issues, emerging ideas, and State progress regarding Medicaid health-home program design.
Inventory of State's Medical-Home and/or Care-Management Programs (CHCS/March 2011) States can use this tool to catalogue existing care-management programs and to determine those that can be aligned with health-home services.

Program Design

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