Fw: do you want to post this? Cathy

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From: Terrill

'ELLEN BRONFELD'

Sent: Friday, October 14, 2011 8:03 AM

Subject: HFS Care Coordination Innovations Project

Hi all:

Ficker Terrill was kind enough to sum up the meeting on the HFS Care

Coordination Innovations Project:

The Illinois DFS hosted a meeting yesterday to announce that they wanted input

on a new health care program for people funded by Medicaid in Illinois. The

solicitation is expected to come out in January of 2010 encouraging primary care

physicians, hospital and other health care providers to work together to create

a care coordination entity in a specific geographic area for adults with chronic

mental illness or seniors. Details about the program will be released in April

of 2012. DFS also plans to releases a solicitation (call for proposals) in

April of 2012 for a similar project for children with chronic health care needs

funded by Medicaid. In June of 2012 there will a third proposal to coordinate

care for adults who are funded with Medicaid and Medicare. At this point they

are looking for input on the concepts. The adults in the Integrated Care Pilot

geographic areas are NOT included in this new initiative.

Ficker Terrill