Health Home definition

Health Home means an individual provider, team of health care professionals or health team that meets all federal requirements and provides the following six services to persons with one or more specified chronic conditions: (i) comprehensive care management; (ii) Care Coordination and health promotion; (iii) comprehensive transitional care/follow-up; (iv) patient and family support; (v) referral to community and social support services; and (vi) use of Health Information Technology (HIT) to link services, if applicable. Health Information Exchange (HIE) means the transmission of health-care-related data among facilities, health information organizations and government agencies according to national standards. HIE is also an entity that provides services to enable the electronic sharing of health information. Health Information Technology (HIT) means the area of information technology involving the design, development, creation, use and maintenance of information systems for the health care industry.

Health Home means a Designated Provider (including a provider that operates in coordination with a team of health care professionals) or a Heath Team selected by a Member with chronic conditions to provide Health Home Services.

Health Home means a chronic condition health home or an integrated health home.

Examples of Health Home in a sentence

• The CONTRACTOR shall issue monthly payments to Health Home Provider(s) when the Health Home Provider has submitted Claims to the CONTRACTOR documenting the utilization of Health Home services by a Member per the CareLink New Mexico Provider Policy Manual.

• The CONTRACTOR shall make best efforts to contract with all Health Home Providers designated by HCA and the CareLink New Mexico Steering Committee.

• The CONTRACTOR shall also maintain a record of any Member choice to opt in or out of the Health Home or to select a different CareLink New Mexico Provider.

• The CONTRACTOR shall refer all eligible Members who meet the CareLink New Mexico Health Home criteria and who are not participating in a Full Delegation of Care Coordination model to one (1) of the CareLink New Mexico Health Homes and document all such referrals.

• The CONTRACTOR shall ensure that Health Home Providers provide Care Coordination functions for Members enrolled with the Health Home.

More Definitions of Health Home

Health Home means a primary care provider practice or, if appropriate, a specialty care provider practice, incorporating several features, including comprehensive care coordination, family-centered care, and data management, that are focused on improving outcome-based quality of care and increasing patient and provider satisfaction under the child health plan and Medicaid programs.

Health Home or "primary care health home" means coordinated health care provided by a licensed pri- mary care provider coordinating all medical care services, and a multidisciplinary health care team comprised of clinical and nonclinical staff. The term "coordinating all medical care services" shall not be construed to require prior authorization by a primary care provider in order for a patient to receive treatment for covered services by an optometrist licensed under chapter 18.53 RCW. Primary care health home ser- vices shall include those services defined as health home ser- vices in 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1396w-4 and, in addition, may include, but are not limited to:

Health Home means a primary care provider

Health Home or "primary care health home" means

Health Home means a provider or group of providers that operate in coordination with a team of health care professionals that shall include primary care providers selected by an eligible individual with chronic conditions to provide health home services, as the term is defined in section 2703 of the federal "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act", 42 U.S.C. sec. 1396w-4.

Health Home means a State-approved entity that provides or arranges for care management from care management partner agencies that provide health home services including comprehensive assessment, comprehensive care management, health promotion, transitional care including appropriate follow-up from inpatient to other settings, patient and family support, referral to community and social support services, and use of health information technology to link services.

Health Home means an entity designated by the New York State Department of Health pursuant to Social Services law § 365-L to provide care management services to Health Home eligible Medicaid recipients.