Practice Supports: Using Care Managers and Quality Improvement Coaches to Transform Medicaid Primary Care
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s health reform expands the Medicaid population by 16-20 million individuals over the next decade, efforts to strengthen the primary care delivery system are increasingly critical, particularly for lowincome populations. Small primary care practices, which serve high volumes of Medicaid beneficiaries and racially and ethnically diverse populations, often lack infrastructure and staff needed to improve patient care delivery. These “high-opportunity” providers can particularly benefit from practice-based support around care management and quality improvement.
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