Charlie Alfero, Executive Director
Southwest Center for Health Innovation
NM Primary Care Training Consortium
National Center for Frontier Communities
calfero@swchi.org
Community Health Workers
Address Health and Social
System Failures, Cost
(Financing and Sustainability)
Arthur Kaufman, MD
Vice Chancellor for Community Health
University of New Mexico
akaufman@salud.unm.edu
San Leucio, Benevento, Campania, IT
Santa Paolina, Avellino, Campania, It
US Spends much less on Social Services than other
Western Countries
“Saving Money” in the US
 Means Testing
 In or Out
 Qualified or Out of Luck
 Engraining Discrimination and Divisiveness
 Age, Sex, Race, Economic Condition Based Criteria
 Disproportionate / Targeted Responses and Exacerbation
of the Problem (Divide and Conquer)
Social Justice
Is Systemic
If Everyone is IN –
No one is OUT!
The Language of Failed Policy
Racism
Minority
Poverty
Social
Determinants
of Health
Disparities
/ Inequities
Unaffordable
Education
Rural
Disproportions
(Older, Sicker,
Poorer, Life
Expectancy)ACES
Home
Less
Ness
Categorical and
Soft
Money
Discretionary /
Entitlement
A Diagram of the Medical Model – Patient View
Complex Health Systems
Strategies for Tomorrow –
Brown
Where are
Social Services,
Employment
And
Education?
We Get What We Pay For!
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
0 5 10 15 20 25
Diminishing Returns of Complexity
Complex Systems
And Cost
ROI –
Health / Well-Being
US – Spend More / Get Less
Clinical Involvement in Social Issues
Social Determinants
Referral to Community
Health Worker for:
 Food Assistance
 Housing Assistance
 Utilities Assistance
 Transportation
Assistance
 Daycare Assistance
 Legal Assistance
 Employment Assistance
 Education Assistance
 Substance Abuse
Assistance
 Safety Assistance
 Domestic Violence
Assistance
 Other
Each Social Determinant of Health has an
ICD-10 code ex.
Lack of Food – Z59.4
Inadequate Housing – Z59.1
Lack of Education – Z55.9
Lack of Transportation – Z59.8
Problems Employment - Z56.89
Insufficient Income – Z.56
Also Abuse Codes – T74
Excellent Health Average Health Very Poor Health
% Population
Population
Health Strategies
Comprehensive
Patient Support
Intensive
Care
Coordination
% of Cost
Primary Care
Linked Strategies
Specific Strategies are Necessary to Address
the Underlying Causes of Ill Health
Medicaid: Comprehensive Intervention Strategy
 Comprehensive Patient Support with
Community Health Workers (CHWs)
 Social Assessments Support Clinical Strategies
 Non-Clinical Interventions and Education
 Facilitated Access to a Wide Range of Services as
Indicated
 Supportive Services to Achieve Primary Care Goals
Medicaid: Comprehensive Intervention Strategy
 Intensive Care Coordination Lead by CHWs
 High Risk / Cost Patients with Favorable Patient Ratios
 Patient-Specific Plans
 100% Case Review by MCO
 Cost Evaluation
Medicaid: Comprehensive Intervention Strategy
 Population Health Strategies
 Social Assessments Inform Internal Policy and Systems
Changes
 Clinical Priorities Inform Community Health
Improvement
 Community Engagement
Stakeholders / Partners
Other Vehicles
We Call it…………
16
CHISPAS
Means
SPARKS
CHISPAS: Links Clinics and Communities
 CHW links within Clinic
 Providers
 Front Desk
 Medical Assistants
 EHR, Referral System, Warm Handoffs, Team Huddles
 CHW links in Community
 Community-Engaged CHWs
 Social Services Referrals and Development
 Other Sectors (ex. Transportation, Food, Utilities)
Anticipated Cost Savings by Program
Maurice Moffett, PhD
Health Economist, Office for Community Health
Mmoffett@salud.unm.edu0.0%
1.0%
2.0%
3.0%
4.0%
5.0%
6.0%
7.0%
8.0%
Year 1 Year 2 Year 3
Comprehensive
CHW
CHISPAS Contract Features
 Contracts with Medicaid and MCOs to Develop
Pilot Program – Still There – Will do One more Year
 Contract / Service Standards and Guidelines
 Targeted Curriculum
 Training and Technical Assistance
 Tele-Education and Program Support
 Roll Out Plan – Adding Four More Sites
 Evaluation, Research, Publication
Standards and Guidelines – (Excerpt/Draft)
COMPREHENSIVE PATIENT SUPPORT
Standard Requirement Framework/Model
Element A – Assess and stratify members’ individual needs
1. Document the number of Medicaid
members that access the clinic annually
for preventive services and / or care.
 Policy showing how the
information is consistently
collected.
 Monthly report
CMS Accountable Health
Communities (CMS-AHC)
1. Verify Medicaid eligibility, contact and
demographic information.
 Log of contact or record
review
 Proof of Medicaid eligibility
documented in patient
record.
CHISPAS – protocol
1. 100% of CE patients who access the clinic
are surveyed to identify social
determinants of health [using the Well Rx
and / or CMS Z-Codes in patient health
records]
 Policy
 Completed WellRx in
patient record
 Annual report with analysis
of Well Rx results
 Analysis of Z Coding in EHR
CMS-AHC
PI-CCHH
PCMH
CHISPAS Protocol
SIM
What Incentives to Different Payment
Systems Have?
Model Volume Cost Quality
Fee-For-Service High / Low High / Low High / Low
Capitation High / Low High / Low High / Low
Global Budgets High / Low High / Low High / Low
Value-Based, Shared
Savings
High / Low High / Low High / Low
We Chose PMPM Service Contracting
 Budget-able
 Scalable
 Service Contracts
 Report-Based Payments
 Specific
 Separate from Medical Payments
 Moves Health Equity from a Soft Money Concept to
an Administrative Unit
PAYMENT MODEL
 Comprehensive Patent Support and
Community Health
$5.75 PMPM
 Intensive Care Coordination
$321 PMPM
Limited Numbers
Primary Care Providers
• Medical
• Dental
• Behavioral
• Patient / Family /
Community Health
Range of Care
• Prevention
• Diagnosis
• Treatment
• Management
4 Core Primary Care Service Payment
Equity Model
PAYMENT
SYSTEM
Charlie Alfero
301 West College, Suite 16
Silver City, NM 88061
Calfero@swchi.org
575-538-1618

Community Health Work: Financing & Sustainability

  • 1.
    Charlie Alfero, ExecutiveDirector Southwest Center for Health Innovation NM Primary Care Training Consortium National Center for Frontier Communities calfero@swchi.org Community Health Workers Address Health and Social System Failures, Cost (Financing and Sustainability)
  • 2.
    Arthur Kaufman, MD ViceChancellor for Community Health University of New Mexico akaufman@salud.unm.edu
  • 3.
  • 4.
  • 5.
    US Spends muchless on Social Services than other Western Countries
  • 6.
    “Saving Money” inthe US  Means Testing  In or Out  Qualified or Out of Luck  Engraining Discrimination and Divisiveness  Age, Sex, Race, Economic Condition Based Criteria  Disproportionate / Targeted Responses and Exacerbation of the Problem (Divide and Conquer) Social Justice Is Systemic If Everyone is IN – No one is OUT!
  • 7.
    The Language ofFailed Policy Racism Minority Poverty Social Determinants of Health Disparities / Inequities Unaffordable Education Rural Disproportions (Older, Sicker, Poorer, Life Expectancy)ACES Home Less Ness Categorical and Soft Money Discretionary / Entitlement
  • 8.
    A Diagram ofthe Medical Model – Patient View Complex Health Systems Strategies for Tomorrow – Brown Where are Social Services, Employment And Education?
  • 9.
    We Get WhatWe Pay For! 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 5 10 15 20 25 Diminishing Returns of Complexity Complex Systems And Cost ROI – Health / Well-Being US – Spend More / Get Less
  • 10.
    Clinical Involvement inSocial Issues Social Determinants Referral to Community Health Worker for:  Food Assistance  Housing Assistance  Utilities Assistance  Transportation Assistance  Daycare Assistance  Legal Assistance  Employment Assistance  Education Assistance  Substance Abuse Assistance  Safety Assistance  Domestic Violence Assistance  Other Each Social Determinant of Health has an ICD-10 code ex. Lack of Food – Z59.4 Inadequate Housing – Z59.1 Lack of Education – Z55.9 Lack of Transportation – Z59.8 Problems Employment - Z56.89 Insufficient Income – Z.56 Also Abuse Codes – T74
  • 11.
    Excellent Health AverageHealth Very Poor Health % Population Population Health Strategies Comprehensive Patient Support Intensive Care Coordination % of Cost Primary Care Linked Strategies Specific Strategies are Necessary to Address the Underlying Causes of Ill Health
  • 12.
    Medicaid: Comprehensive InterventionStrategy  Comprehensive Patient Support with Community Health Workers (CHWs)  Social Assessments Support Clinical Strategies  Non-Clinical Interventions and Education  Facilitated Access to a Wide Range of Services as Indicated  Supportive Services to Achieve Primary Care Goals
  • 13.
    Medicaid: Comprehensive InterventionStrategy  Intensive Care Coordination Lead by CHWs  High Risk / Cost Patients with Favorable Patient Ratios  Patient-Specific Plans  100% Case Review by MCO  Cost Evaluation
  • 14.
    Medicaid: Comprehensive InterventionStrategy  Population Health Strategies  Social Assessments Inform Internal Policy and Systems Changes  Clinical Priorities Inform Community Health Improvement  Community Engagement Stakeholders / Partners Other Vehicles
  • 15.
  • 16.
  • 17.
    CHISPAS: Links Clinicsand Communities  CHW links within Clinic  Providers  Front Desk  Medical Assistants  EHR, Referral System, Warm Handoffs, Team Huddles  CHW links in Community  Community-Engaged CHWs  Social Services Referrals and Development  Other Sectors (ex. Transportation, Food, Utilities)
  • 18.
    Anticipated Cost Savingsby Program Maurice Moffett, PhD Health Economist, Office for Community Health Mmoffett@salud.unm.edu0.0% 1.0% 2.0% 3.0% 4.0% 5.0% 6.0% 7.0% 8.0% Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Comprehensive CHW
  • 19.
    CHISPAS Contract Features Contracts with Medicaid and MCOs to Develop Pilot Program – Still There – Will do One more Year  Contract / Service Standards and Guidelines  Targeted Curriculum  Training and Technical Assistance  Tele-Education and Program Support  Roll Out Plan – Adding Four More Sites  Evaluation, Research, Publication
  • 20.
    Standards and Guidelines– (Excerpt/Draft) COMPREHENSIVE PATIENT SUPPORT Standard Requirement Framework/Model Element A – Assess and stratify members’ individual needs 1. Document the number of Medicaid members that access the clinic annually for preventive services and / or care.  Policy showing how the information is consistently collected.  Monthly report CMS Accountable Health Communities (CMS-AHC) 1. Verify Medicaid eligibility, contact and demographic information.  Log of contact or record review  Proof of Medicaid eligibility documented in patient record. CHISPAS – protocol 1. 100% of CE patients who access the clinic are surveyed to identify social determinants of health [using the Well Rx and / or CMS Z-Codes in patient health records]  Policy  Completed WellRx in patient record  Annual report with analysis of Well Rx results  Analysis of Z Coding in EHR CMS-AHC PI-CCHH PCMH CHISPAS Protocol SIM
  • 21.
    What Incentives toDifferent Payment Systems Have? Model Volume Cost Quality Fee-For-Service High / Low High / Low High / Low Capitation High / Low High / Low High / Low Global Budgets High / Low High / Low High / Low Value-Based, Shared Savings High / Low High / Low High / Low
  • 22.
    We Chose PMPMService Contracting  Budget-able  Scalable  Service Contracts  Report-Based Payments  Specific  Separate from Medical Payments  Moves Health Equity from a Soft Money Concept to an Administrative Unit
  • 23.
    PAYMENT MODEL  ComprehensivePatent Support and Community Health $5.75 PMPM  Intensive Care Coordination $321 PMPM Limited Numbers
  • 24.
    Primary Care Providers •Medical • Dental • Behavioral • Patient / Family / Community Health Range of Care • Prevention • Diagnosis • Treatment • Management 4 Core Primary Care Service Payment Equity Model PAYMENT SYSTEM
  • 25.
    Charlie Alfero 301 WestCollege, Suite 16 Silver City, NM 88061 Calfero@swchi.org 575-538-1618