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Wisconsin Partnership Program

Wisconsin Partnership Program. Steven J. Landkamer Program Manager Wisconsin Dept. of Health & Family Services July 14, 2004. Wisconsin Has Implemented Health/ Long-Term Care Programs That:.

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Wisconsin Partnership Program

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  1. Wisconsin Partnership Program Steven J. Landkamer Program Manager Wisconsin Dept. of Health & Family Services July 14, 2004

  2. Wisconsin Has Implemented Health/ Long-Term Care Programs That: • Provide Comprehensive Health & Long-term Care to People Who Meet Nursing Home Admission Criteria & are Medicaid Eligible; • Allow Consumers to Retain Choice of Primary Care Physician; • Maximize the Ability of Consumers to Live in Their Own Home & Participate in Community Life.

  3. Wisconsin Has Implemented Health/ Long-Term Care Programs That: • Improve Functional & Clinical Outcomes; • Engage Members in the Decision Making Process About Their Own Care; • Minimize Reliance on Institutional Care; • Reduce Costs by Lowering the Need for Acute Care Intervention by Providing Consistent Primary Care.

  4. The People Served Are: • Medicaid Eligible or Dual Eligible for Medicare and Medicaid • Diagnosed With an Average of 12.7 Different Conditions • Taking 13.7 Different Medicationson Average • In Need of Skilled Nursing Intervention

  5. Wisconsin Has Implemented Two Programs Fully Integrate Medicare and Medicaid Services • Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) • The Wisconsin Partnership Program

  6. Key Distinctions BetweenPartnership & PACE • PACE Members: • Attend a Day Center & Receive Most Services There; • Receive Care by the On-site PACE Physician; • Are Elderly. • Must Be Residents of a Large Urban Areas Capable of Supporting a PACE Site.

  7. Key Distinctions BetweenPartnership & PACE • Partnership Members: • Select a Primary Care Physician From a Contracted Provider Network; • Receive Most Services in Their Home; • Can Be Frail Elderly or Have a Physical Disability; • The Partnership Nurse Practitioner Serves As Team’s Primary Care Representative & Accompanies the Member to Most MD Appointments; • Partnership Works in Both an Urban & Rural Setting.

  8. Funding forPartnership & PACE • Both Medicare and Medicaid Benefits are Capitated and Paid to the Contractor • The Medicare Capititation is the Rate Book Multiplied by a 2.39 Risk Adjuster. (90%in 2004) • Risk Adjusted Rate Based on CMS-HCC and Frailty Adjuster (10%in 2004) • The Same Rate Setting Methodology is Used for Both PACE and Partnership

  9. Funding forPartnership & PACE • Medicaid Capitation is Calculated by Discounting a Blended Average Cost for Nursing Home Care and Home and Community Bases Waiver Programs Costs. • Rates are Risk Adjusted for Age, Medicaid Only or Dual Eligible Status, and Level of Care. • The Rates for Elderly and People with Physical Disabilities Differ Significantly. • The PACE and Partnership Rates Differ Slightly Based on Case Mix

  10. PMPM Comparison--Average WPP & January 1999 Waiver Population

  11. How Partnership Works • Wisconsin Contracts with 4 Community Based Organizations to Provide Partnership Managed Care. • Elder Care of Wisconsin • Community Living Alliance • Community Care Organization • Community Health Partnership

  12. How Partnership Works

  13. How Partnership Works • Partnership Organizations are at Full Risk for All Health and Long-Term Care Outcomes. • Both Medicare and Medicaid Capitation Payments are Made to the Organizations. • The Partnership Organizations Subcontract with Various Providers including Primary Care Physicians and Hospitals and Pay Them on a Fee-For-Service Basis

  14. How Partnership Works • Care is Coordinated Through an Interdisciplinary Team which includes: • The Member • Primary Care Physician (PCP) • Nurse Practitioner (NP) • Registered Nurse (RN) • Social Worker

  15. How Partnership Works • The NP Meets with the PCP to Establish a Collaborative Practice Agreement that Often Leads to the Delegation of Primary Care to the NP. • The NP Acts as the Liaison Between the PCP, the Member and the Remainder of the Team. • RNs Provide Both Care Management and Skilled Nursing Care. • Social Workers Provide both Psychosocial and other Supportive Services as Necessary

  16. How Partnership Works • Provides Prevention Services to Minimize the Need for Inpatient and Emergency Room Care. • Provides Community Based, Supportive Services to Minimize the Need for Nursing Home Care. • Accompanies the Member to Physician Visits and “Translates” Physician Recommendation for the Benefit of the Member and the Team.

  17. How Partnership Works • Assures that Member Concerns and Preferences are Understood. • Assures Follow Through with Physician Recommendations. • Promotes Quality of Life by Supporting Member Specified Outcome.

  18. Measuring Outcomes of the Partnership Program • The Department of Health and Family Services is using several methods, both traditional and innovative, to measure quality& effectiveness: • 14 Member Outcomes Based on Member’s Input about his/her Quality of Life; • Incidence of ACSCs (ambulatory care sensitive conditions); • Utilization of Inpatient Hospital & Nursing Home Care Before & After Partnership.

  19. 14 Member Outcomes • Developed by the Council on Quality and Leadership, a national accreditation agency for community disability programs. • Determines whether: members’ desired outcomes are being met, and the support the member needs to achieve the outcome has been put in place by the team.

  20. Member Outcomes

  21. Self-Determination & Choice Outcomes

  22. Self-Determination & Choice Supports

  23. Health Care Outcomes Staff Compile & Trend Data On Hospitalizations For Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions (ACSC): ACSCs are defined by the Institute of Medicine as conditions for which good access to primary care should reduce the need for hospital admissions.

  24. Result:Hospital Admission The Rate of Hospital Admissions for Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions Decreased by 41.1 % from 2000 to 2002.

  25. Result:Hospital Admission

  26. Result:Hospital Admission

  27. Result: Access to Dental Care Access to Medicaid funded dental care remains difficult in Wisconsin. For example: • 17% of home and community-based waiver programs’ for elderly and people with physical disabilities had dental visits in 2001. • 72% of all participants in PACE and Wisconsin Partnership program had dental visits in 2001.

  28. Result: Health Care Utilization • Using the Hospital Discharge Data Base, Staff are Able to Demonstrate Pre/Post Enrollment Hospital Utilization • Findings Show a Positive Reduction of Inpatient Hospitalization & Nursing Home Use

  29. Comparing Hospital Use, Same People Before & After Enrollment

  30. Comparing Nursing Home Use, Same People Before & After Enrollment

  31. Physician Satisfaction • Survey Completed in April 2004. • 40 % of Surveys Returned • Statistically Significant • 95% Confidence Level

  32. Physician Satisfaction

  33. Physician Satisfaction

  34. Physician Satisfaction

  35. Areas Needing Improvement • Member, Quality of Life, Outcomes. • Further Impact on the Incidence of Hospitalizations for ACSC. • Comprehensive Evaluation. • Demonstration of Cost Effectiveness. • Provider Satisfaction. • Interventions in Cases Where there is Mental Heath and/or Chemical Dependency Concerns.

  36. Areas in Need of Improvement

  37. Areas in Need of Improvement

  38. Areas in Need of Improvement

  39. Conclusion • Partnership offers a viable alternative to PACE that can be applied to people with physical disabilities and people who live in a rural setting. • Partnership effectively delivers member-specified outcomes. • Partnership is demonstrating positive health care outcomes.

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