IlliniCare Health Plan, Addus Examine Home Care’s Role in Managed Long Term Care
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IlliniCare Health Plan is one of two managed care organizations (MCO) selected to manage the coordination of comprehensive health care services, including HCBS, for participants in ICP –
As a provider of HCBS,
"Connecting the home care aide with the rest of the health care team is something that has historically been disregarded," says Addus CEO
Information entered on mobile devices by Addus HCAs is reported immediately to the company's centralized contact center. From there, supervisors review, triage, and share the information with IlliniCare case management for faster intervention upon the identification of a health complication.
"HCBS's ability to avert nursing home placement is almost undeniable; however, this pilot seeks to demonstrate the effect these services, coupled with innovative new technology and processes, have on the utilization of high-cost resources like emergency room visits and hospitalizations," says
Addus and IlliniCare expect to publish findings of the study, which involves approximately 150 ICP participants, sometime in 2014.
IlliniCare Health Plan (IlliniCare) is a
Addus HomeCare is a comprehensive provider of home and community based services which are primarily social in nature and are provided in the home, focused on the dual eligible population. Addus' services include personal care and assistance with activities of daily living, and adult day services. Addus' consumers are individuals who are at risk of hospitalization or institutionalization, such as the elderly, chronically ill and disabled. Addus' payor clients include federal, state and local governmental agencies, commercial insurers and private individuals. For more information, please visit www.addus.com.
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