News Report | December 1, 2020
Illinois Delays Medicaid Integrated Health Homes Program Launch Until After July 2021
On October 15, 2020, the Illinois Department of Healthcare & Family Services (HFS) notified stakeholders and provider organizations that it intended to delay launching its Medicaid integrated health homes (IHH) program until after July 2021. During the delay, HFS is adapting its overall vision and implementation strategy for IHHs to ensure that they are targeted to address the unmet social and environmental needs (e.g. housing, food security, employment, safety) that put beneficiaries at increased risk of experiencing poor health outcomes. The IHH program had been slated to begin on July 1, 2020, but in April 2020, due to the . . .