Determining The Return-On-Investment For Consumer Care Management In Health Homes

To date, 21 states plus the District of Columbia have gained approval for Medicaid state plan amendments to implement health home models. These models strive to provide individuals who have multiple chronic conditions with a person-centered approach to care that focuses on identifying and treating the individual’s entire spectrum of health care needs. Federal incentives reduce the financial burden of states to implement health homes, but costs still remain. To varying levels, states must invest in the expansion of new service lines, reform their accounting systems to adopt new risk-based payment models, purchase new health information technology . . .