New Hampshire

The New Hampshire Multi-Payer Medical Home Project is a pilot involving all payers (including Medicaid and Medicare), providers, and subject experts. These stakeholders plan to create primary care medical homes for adults with disabilities. The state hopes that primary care provider-directed teams will more comprehensively address patient needs and provide care management to improve Medicaid beneficiary health outcomes, optimize the appropriate use of medical services, and minimize the loss to follow-up and churn of patients. The state will shift the existing disease management budget, about $1.3 million/year, to the program and use its Comprehensive Healthcare Information System (CHIS) in evaluation. New fiscal agent required to launch program (July 2010 program start).