Common use of Program Integration Clause in Contracts

Program Integration. A significant portion of the HBE planning effort in 2011 was devoted to identifying opportunities to leverage existing functionality/processes for use in a state-based Exchange. The initial effort cast a broad net to contact state agencies as well as other stakeholder organizations to learn what might be applicable or replicable for the Exchange. The agencies and organizations studied have been involved in Exchange planning activities from the beginning as participants in the HBE Steering Committee and/or the various HBE Workgroups, most notably the State Agency and IT Workgroups. Many of these same entities are also working together on other statewide initiatives such as the Health Information Exchange so were already thinking of opportunities to work together to leverage their resources. The Arkansas’s Program Integration Plan created as the result of these efforts is posted on the HBEPD website at ▇▇▇▇://▇▇▇.▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇/PIPlan_20110817cc.pdf. In December 2011 when the Governor directed AID to pursue the FFE Partnership model, HBEPD began sifting through the research done to determine what opportunities for collaboration and program integration existed in the model where the state would have responsibilities in two areas: Plan Management and Consumer & Stakeholder Engagement & Support.

Program Integration. A significant portion of the HBE planning effort in 2011 was devoted to identifying opportunities to leverage existing functionality/processes for use in a state-based Exchange. The initial effort cast a broad net to contact state agencies as well as other stakeholder organizations to learn what might be applicable or replicable for the Exchange. The agencies and organizations studied have been involved in Exchange planning activities from the beginning as participants in the HBE Steering Committee and/or the various HBE Workgroups, most notably the State Agency and IT Workgroups. Many of these same entities are also working together on other statewide initiatives such as the Health Information Exchange so were already thinking of opportunities to work together to leverage their resources. The Arkansas’s Program Integration Plan created as the result of these efforts is posted on the HBEPD website at ▇▇▇▇://▇▇▇.▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇/PIPlan_20110817cc.pdf. In December 2011 when the Governor directed AID to pursue the FFE State Partnership Exchange model, HBEPD began sifting through the research done to determine what opportunities for collaboration and program integration existed in the model where the state would have responsibilities in two areas: Plan Management and Consumer & Stakeholder Engagement & Support.