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November 16, 2016
Minnesota’s State Innovation Model selected 6 Accountable
Communities for Health (ACH) to receive $447,684 in grant funding to support
efforts to further develop and strengthen their
infrastructure, continue development of services and supports that have a
positive effect on health, and promote the sustainability of their work. Accountable
Communities for Health is a model being tested as part of Minnesota’s $45
million State Innovation Model grant from the federal government. Research shows
that communities impact individuals’ health and that keeping a person healthy,
especially one with complex chronic conditions, often requires community
support and a team of clinical and community providers working together.
Each ACH project
selected had an established infrastructure, and intends to use this round of
funding to expand their ACH model. The
selected projects will expand ACH services, supports and services; increase
information exchange capability among ACH partners; use data or screening tools
to address social determinants of health; and/or increase the participation of
the Accountable Care Organization (ACO) partner to collect, analyze, and report
on utilization and quality data for members of the target population attributed
to the ACO.
The organizations selected to receive the grant awards
include:
- Essential Health Ely Clinic
- Generations Health Care Initiatives
- Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota
- Mayo Clinic
- Otter Tail County Public Health
- Unity Family Healthcare/CHI St. Gabriel’s Health
Collectively, each awardee and their partners use a
portfolio of strategies to serve their target population through social
services, community resources, clinical-community linkages, policy, or
systems.
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) initially
awarded Minnesota a State Innovation Model (SIM) testing grant of over $45
million to use across a four and a half-year period ending in December 2017.
The SIM testing grant is a joint effort between the
Department of Health (MDH) and the Department of Human Services (DHS) with
support from Governor Mark Dayton’s office. Minnesota is using the grant money
to test new ways of delivering and paying for health care using the Minnesota
Accountable Health Model framework. The goal of this model is to improve
health in communities, provide better care and lower health care costs.
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