Coordinated Care to Improve Quality of Care for Chronically Ill Medicare Beneficiaries - Pennsylvania

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Coordinated Care to Improve Quality of Care for Chronically Ill Medicare Beneficiaries - Pennsylvania
Project Officer(s)
Cynthia Mason
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. Health Quality Partners of Doylestown, Pennsylvania is one of 15 sites selected as a 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
$0.00
Principal Investigator(s)
Kenneth Coburn
Project Number
95-C-91360/03
Status
Health Quality Partners of Doylestown, Pennsylvania, has implemented an urban and rural disease management program targeting beneficiaries in eastern Pennsylvania with various chronic conditions. The site began enrolling beneficiaries and providing coordinated care services in April 2002. The demonstration has been extended to June 30, 2013 in order to further test the effectiveness of Health Quality Partners' coordinated care interventions. It is the only remaining site under the demonstration.
Awardee Address

875 N. Easton Road
Doylestown, PA 18901
Estados Unidos

Awardee Name
Health Quality Partners