Idaho

In 2009, Idaho passed legislation (title 31, chapter 35) that provides medical home services to "medically indigent" populations and appropriate reimbursement to the medical home provider.  In February 2014, Idaho passed an Executive Order (No. 2014-02) creating the Idaho Healthcare Coalition (IHC). The IHC is charged with building upon the work of the previously established Idaho Medical Home Collaborative (Executive Order No. 2010-10) to facilitate and support the transformation of primary care practices to the PCMH model, develop regional collaboratives to support practices in transformation, and integrate PCMHs with the medical neighborhood that includes hospitals, behavioral health and other community support services. The IHC also works to advance primary care payment methods that align with the PCMH model and encourage public and private payers to reimburse for improved health outcomes. This work is supported through Idaho's CMS Statewide Healthcare Innovation Plan (SHIP) award.

CHIPRA: 
Yes
MAPCP: 
No
Dual Eligible: 
No
2703 Health Home: 
Yes
CPCi: 
No
SIM Awards: 
Yes
PCMH in QHP: 
No
Legislative PCMH Initiative: 
Yes
Private Payer Program: 
Yes
State Facts: 
Population:
1,591,700
Uninsured Population:
14%
Total Medicaid Spending FY 2013: 
$1.7 Billion 
Overweight/Obese Adults:
64.9%
Poor Mental Health among Adults: 
36.7%
Medicaid Expansion: 
No

2019 NWRPCA Spring Summit

2019-05-19 08:00 to 2019-05-21 17:00

The NWRPCA Spring Summit, formerly known as the Spring Primary Care Conference, includes the same carefully curated content that event attendees have come to expect of all NWRPCA conferences plus innovative new workshop and skills-enhancing opportunities. 

Over 2.5 days, learn from prominent speakers, hear federal policy updates, and network with primary care colleagues. Event highlights new to the NWRPCA Spring Summit include: Region X peer learning, collaboration, and professional development.

The NWRPCA Spring Summit also hosts NWRPCA's annual membership meeting.

Announcement Type: 

The Future of Health Care Reform — A View from the States on Where We Go from Here

The future of U.S. health care reform is muddier now than at any point in the past two decades. Health care was one of the most important issues for voters in the 2018 election, but there is little reason to believe that substantive national action is likely any time soon. The Trump administration is taking aggressive steps to undermine the Affordable Care Act (ACA) but is limited in what it can do on health policy absent legislation from Congress. States are poised to fill this vacuum.

News Author: 
David K. Jones, Ph.D.
Christina Pagel, Ph.D.

Psychiatrists Shortage Leaves Patients Struggling

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (AP) — If you break your arm, or catch a cold, a trip to the doctor's office will fix most woes. But what happens when the doctor isn't there to fix an arm, or help heal a cough?

That's the conundrum across the country that people with mental illnesses are facing. If you were to look at a green to red color-coded map of the United States depicting the number of child psychiatrists per capita, you would be looking at a bleeding red map.

News Author: 
ISABELLA ALVES

Gov. Butch Otter’s Idaho primary care plan in jeopardy; what happened and what’s next?

A house committee Monday voted against introducing a funding bill for the proposed Primary Care Access Plan, or PCAP. The program by Gov. Butch Otter’s administration, is a state-funded alternative to Medicaid expansion that would subsidize doctor visits for Idahoans who lack health insurance.

News Author: 
Bill Dentzer

Executive Order NO. 2014-02

This Executive Order creates the Idaho Healthcare Coalition (IHC). The IHC is charged with building upon the work of the previously established Idaho Medical Home Collaborative (Executive Order No. 2010-10) to facilitate and support the transformation of primary care practices to the PCMH model, develop regional collaboratives to support practices in transformation, and integrate PCMHs with the medical neighborhood that includes hospitals, behavioral health and other community support services.

Executive Order NO. 2010-10

Executive Order 2010-10 established the Idaho Medical Home Collaborative (Collaborative) to implement a patient-centered medical home (PCMH) model of care to address the transformation of Idaho’s health care system to a PCMH model

Idaho Statutes, Title 31, Chapter 35

The legislation provides medical home services to "medically indigent" populations and appropriate reimbursement to the medical home provider.

Supreme Court Battle Brewing Over Medicaid Fees

Rita Gorenflo’s 7-year-old son Nathaniel was in severe pain from a sinus infection.

But since the boy was covered by Medicaid, she couldn’t immediately find a specialist willing to see him.  After days of calling, she was finally able to get Nathaniel an appointment nearly a week later near their South Florida home. That was in 2005.

News Author: 
Phil Galewitz

Idaho Embraces Medical Home Model

Statewide Programs Seek to Facilitate Innovative Care Transitions

Some physician practices may consider the transition to becoming a patient-centered medical home (PCMH) to be a rough one, but thanks to the support of both public and private insurers, physicians in one state are moving aggressively to make the model work. 

Transforming safety net practices into patient-centered medical homes

A recently concluded demonstration project made meaningful progress toward introducing a "patient-centered medical home" approach at "safety net" practices serving vulnerable and underserved populations. Lessons learned in the course of developing and implementing the Safety Net Medical Home Initiative (SNMHI) are featured in a special November supplement to Medical Care.

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