general assistance – unemployable experience in wa state
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General Assistance – Unemployable Experience in WA state. July 2010. About Community Health Plan of Washington (CHP). Founded in 1992 by community health centers Provider network and health plan Mission-oriented CHP is a not-for-profit health care services contractor - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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General Assistance – Unemployable
Experience in WA state
July 2010
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About Community Health Plan of Washington (CHP)
• Founded in 1992 by community health centers• Provider network and health plan• Mission-oriented
– CHP is a not-for-profit health care services contractor– Our primary mission is to increase access to care for
underserved and vulnerable populations.• Network serves over 650,000 patients• Health plan covers 270,000 patients
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CHPW Network
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CHP Current Programs• Healthy Options/S-CHIP/S-Women ~ 202,800• General Assistance Unemployable (GA-U) ~15,400• Basic Health Plan (subsidized) ~ 45,200• Washington Health Plan (BHP non-subsidized)
starting 7/1/2010 ~ <500• Medicare Advantage ~ 5,000
o Special Needs Population (SNP)o Urban and Rural planso With Pharmacy coverage
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Program Description
GA-U General Assistance-Unemployable
State-funded medical benefits for persons who are physically and/or mentally
incapacitated and unemployable for more than 90 days and who do not have dependent
children
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GA-U Managed Medical Care Pilot
Started Dec. 1, 2003 in King and Pierce countiesGoals:• Increase number of clients exiting public assistance• Increase number of clients transitioning to SSI• Decrease unnecessary ER visits• Decrease unnecessary hospital admissions and
readmissions• Improve pharmacy management• Cost neutral
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Managed Medical Care SavingsHRSA-Medical Assistance Expenditures
GA-U Clients per member per month Time Period King/Pierce Comparison Counties Other Counties Baseline 12/03 – 11/04 $456 $471 $542
CY 2005 $419 $464 $551
Outpatient ER Costs GA-U Clients per member per month
Time Period King/Pierce Comparison Counties Other Counties Baseline 12/03 – 11/04 $40 $38 $38
CY 2005 $39 $39 $45
Inpatient Medical Costs GA-U Clients per member per month
Time Period King/Pierce Comparison Counties Other Counties Baseline 12/03 – 11/04 $86 $76 $90
CY 2005 $79 $83 $116
Member months: 2550 monthly enrollment 30600 30600 30600
Annual savings $1,377,000 $1,499,400 $5,355,000
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Complexity of GA-U PopulationDSHS | GA-U Clients: Challenges and Opportunities August 2006
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Most common Dx and Rx
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Utilization Trends• Medical costs account for half of
DSHS spending on GA-U clients.
• Mental illness and substance abuse increase frequency of ER visits.
• 50% of all clients qualifyfor long term disability (SSI)
• GA-U clients haven’t historically had a Health Care Home Per enrollee
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Integrated Mental Health ProgramBackground: 2007 • Integrated mental health benefit added to medical pilot
2009 • Expanded to GA-U statewide in November• Expanded integrated model to additional populations in King County (HO
mothers, uninsured veterans, older adults)• State reduced biennial funding 20% ($40 million)• State signed exclusive contract with CHP
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Integrated Mental Health Program
Program Benefits:• Provide integrated Health Care Home for complex
populations.• Provide significant relief for primary care providers
by providing care coordinator, consulting psychiatrist (MHIP), and funded mental health referrals
• Track (real-time) for active case management and care coordination through the use of a client registry across silos (Mental Health Integrated Tracking System: MHITS)
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Integrated Mental Health Program
Program Goals: • To achieve better health outcomes and contain costs
by maximizing care coordination, high-risk case management and chronic care management.
• To more quickly transition GA-U clients back to employment services, gainful employment or more stable, federally funded programs (e.g. GA-X/SSI).
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Breaking Down the Silos
Other Other CommunityCommunity
based based
Social Social ServicesServices
SocialSocialServicesServices
Vocational Vocational RehabRehab
Alcohol & Alcohol & Substance Substance
Abuse Abuse TreatmentTreatment
Community Community
Mental HealthMental Health
CentersCenters
PrimaryPrimaryCareCare
• Client centered care (vs.) agency centered care
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GA-U Integrated Mental Health Program
GA-UClient
Specialty Mental Health-CMHC
Care Coordinator
Consulting Psychiatrists
Refer to Community Service
Office
Refer to Chem Dep
Treatment
Level I Care (Primary Care)
PCP
Refer to Voc
RehabOther clinic-based mental
health providers*
* Available in some clinics
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Progress to Date• Increase Access:
• Over 17, 000 clients seen statewide as of June 2010• 20% of clients in primary care mental health coordination
• Increase assessment and treatment:• 80% of clients screened for depression• 46% screened for anxiety• 45% screened for substance abuse
• Increase Outcomes:• 38% of clients with at least two depression scores showed significant
improvement in depression symptoms. • 49% percent of clients with severe depression and at least two scores show
significant improvement • 85% of clients transitioned to GA-X successfully
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Next Steps for GA-U Program• Protect program from elimination (State budget deficit)
• Opportunities for federal funding through waiver• Pilot integrating housing vouchers in 3 counties
• 2010 legislative changes to GA-U program:• Name changed to Disability Lifeline• Limits of 24 months eligibility within the last 60 months• CHP will more quickly identify members for federal Medicaid
programs by:• Screening clients within 30 days of eligibility• Improving access to incapacity exams • Improving provider satisfaction through the redesign of the
incapacity evaluation process• Improving process for effective transition from GAX and SSI
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Criteria for Success with Expansion Populations
1. Incorporate model into Medicaid for at risk populations
2. Payments based on severity3. Integrate silos with payment methodology. Focus
resources to one accountable agency/person4. Expand state capacity to transition client to highest
level of functioning (employment, employ. services, SSI)
5. Bend the cost curve; track, measure and report