Fw: Care Coordination Innovations Project - Public Meeting on Thursday, October 13, 2011

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Care Coordination Innovations Project - Public Meeting on Thursday, October 13,

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Ellen

Ellen Garber Bronfeld

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Design of the Innovations Project, Public

Meeting on Thursday, October 13

“As you know, the new Medicaid reform law states that

Illinois must enroll 50% of the Medicaid population in “care coordinationâ€

by January 1, 2015. This means at least 1.5 million of our Medicaid clients –

children, parents, seniors and disabled persons – will be assigned to an

integrated healthcare delivery system replacing the current fragmented system.

Care coordination is defined broadly to include both

traditional managed care companies, as well as new alternative models of care,

organized and managed by hospitals, physician groups, Federally Qualified Health

Centers (FQHCs), behavioral health entities or social service organizations.

As Phase I, HFS is developing the “Care Coordination

Innovations Project†to test community interest, and capacity to provide

alternative models of delivering care (as an adjunct to our current managed care

programs). This solicitation will be issued at the beginning of January 2012.

As part of our planning and development process, we are

very interested in your feedback on our proposed concepts. You are invited to a

public meeting on the design of the Innovations Project on Thursday, October 13,

from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., at the Center Auditorium. Unfortunately,

this meeting will not be available via video.â€

Hamos, HFS Director

For more information see the Coordinated Care Policy

Forum Web site.

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Why is this Important?

It is important because it will impact your child with

special needs who have Medicaid/All Kids insurance? The Illinois Department of

Healthcare and Family Services is planning to change the way that the Medicaid

program is run in 2012.

What should you do?

Attend the meeting on October 13th in downtown Chicago

(in the auditorium of the 100 W. Randolph JRTC building).This meeting is free

and open to the public.

Why? TO make YOUR voice heard!!

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(Parent stipends)! Parents with a child under 21 who

wants to attend this meeting - please contact Faye@

familytofamily@...; you maybe able to get a stipend for travel to

go to this mtg downtown.)

Faye Manaster, Project Director, Family Voices of

Illinois has compiled a list of questions that you may want to get answered at

this meeting!

Questions:

a.. Will my child still be able to go to the same

doctors and hospitals? Use the same pharmacies?

b.. Will my child be able to see the specialists she

/he needs?

c.. Go to the same specialty clinics and medical

centers?

d.. Will my child be able to get PT,OT, speech,

behavioral therapy, autism treatment and other therapies that are prescribed?

e.. Will my child be able to get nursing care at home?

f.. Therapists who can come to our house?

g.. What help will be available for transportation?

h.. Will this system change the medications that my

child can receive?

i.. How will the Coordinated Care system protect my

child’s rights under EPSDT (Early Periodic Screening Treatment and Diagnosis)?

j.. Will this new system change services my child gets

at school? (For example, help from a school nurse, therapy services,

school-based health clinic)?

k.. Will the new system have case managers who are

knowledgeable and experienced in working with children who have special needs?

l.. Will the new system have child psychiatrists?

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...Sincerely,

Shirley

Shirley A.

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