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Title
Coordinated Care to Improve Quality of Care for Chronically Ill Medicare Beneficiaries - Iowa
Project Officer(s)
Siddhartha Mazumdar
Start Date
End Date
Award
Cooperative Agreement
Description
This demonstration tests whether coordinated care programs can improve medical treatment plans, reduce avoidable hospital admissions, and promote other desirable outcomes among beneficiaries who constitute a small proportion of the Medicare fee-for-service (FFS) population, but who account for a major proportion of Medicare expenditures. Iowa was one of 15 sites selected as part of the Medicare Coordinated Care demonstration project to provide case management and disease management services to Medicare FFS beneficiaries with complex chronic conditions. This project will allow CMS to test a wide range of programs aimed at reducing costs and increasing quality of care for chronically ill Medicare FFS beneficiaries. The Balanced Budget Act of 1997 requires that the projects focus on chronically ill Medicare FFS beneficiaries who are eligible for both Medicare Part A and Part B and requires that the projects' payment methodology be budget neutral.
Funding
$50,000.00
Principal Investigator(s)
Nancy Halford
Project Number
95-C-91340/07
Status
Mercy Medical Center of Mason City, Iowa, has implemented a rural case management program targeting beneficiaries in northern Iowa with various chronic conditions. The site is currently enrolling beneficiaries and providing coordinated care services. The demonstration was extended for two additional years in order to further test the cost effectiveness of the case and disease management intervention.
Awardee Address
1000 N. Fourth Street, NW
Mason, City, IA
Estados Unidos
Awardee Name
Mercy Medical Center - North Iowa