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OSF deploys care transition program, reduces readmission rate from 29% to 9%

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OSF HealthCare, a health system that serves Illinois and Michigan, had a big challenge: Managing the high rate of patient readmissions from hospitals to skilled nursing facilities and eventually to home care. THE PROBLEM This issue stemmed largely from gaps in continuous care during transitions between these settings.

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Supporting the Continuum of Care for Serious Illness in Medicaid Managed Care

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People with serious and life-threatening health conditions experience care needs that drive costs, including hospital admissions , emergency department utilization , and nursing home care. Rhode Island is another state that has invested in coordinated care for complex populations enrolled in Medicaid. The state and U.S.

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State Community Health Worker Models

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integrating?CHWs CHWs into evolving health care systems in key areas such as financing, education and training, certification , and state definitions, roles and scope of practice. CHWs are integrated into many of the strategies that this project pursues. The Code of Maryland Regulations (COMAR) 10.68.01

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Community Health Worker Models

NASHP

This map highlights state activity to integrate CHWs into evolving health care systems in key areas such as financing, education and training, certification, and state definitions, roles and scope of practice. CHWs are integrated into many of the strategies that this project pursues.