{"id":127,"date":"2016-11-03T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-11-03T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eccovia.com\/index.php\/2016\/11\/03\/who-doesnt-want-cms-90-funding-match-medicaid-care-coordination\/"},"modified":"2024-03-18T13:45:19","modified_gmt":"2024-03-18T13:45:19","slug":"who-doesnt-want-cms-90-funding-match-medicaid-care-coordination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eccovia.com\/blog\/who-doesnt-want-cms-90-funding-match-medicaid-care-coordination\/","title":{"rendered":"Who Doesn\u2019t Want the CMS 90% Funding Match for Medicaid Care Coordination?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Now is an exciting time for Medicaid technology. Earlier this year, CMS issued a guidance letter to State Medicaid Directors regarding a 90% match for expenditures related to connecting Medicaid community-based<\/strong><\/span> providers to a state-funded health information exchange. According to the letter, “These provisions make available to states 100 percent federal matching funding for incentive payments to eligible Medicaid providers to encourage the adoption and use of certified EHR technology<\/strong><\/span> through 2021, and 90 percent federal matching funding [the 90 percent HITECH match] for state administrative expenses related to the program.\u201d<\/p>\n

The overarching goal of state Medicaid programs is to improve patient outcomes, improve population health, and reduce overall care costs. Traditionally this has been very difficult because providers didn\u2019t always talk to each other. This is where the 90% match for community-based care coordination plays a key role. CMS is providing funding for helping state Medicaid programs connect non-traditional Medicaid providers to the state health information exchange infrastructure.<\/p>\n

Care Coordination Platform<\/h3>\n

An integrated care coordination platform<\/strong><\/span> connects multiple providers and systems of care to a health information exchange, thus uniting medical health professionals, behavioral health providers, and community-based providers who work together with the patient to achieve desired health outcomes. Most Medicaid providers are familiar with EHRs and HIEs, but the concept of a care coordination platform may be unfamiliar. In order for states and providers to be able to collect, analyze, and use patient data for optimal impact, a community care coordination platform must bring together information from the following systems:<\/p>\n