EHR Intelligence October 13, 2022
The initiative aims to drive health equity by incentivizing IHS facilities to participate in the HIE with a 2.5 percent increase over the standard Medicaid reimbursement rate.
Arizona’s Medicaid agency, the Arizona Healthcare Cost Containment System (AHCCCS), has launched several health information exchange (HIE) initiatives in recent years in efforts to improve health equity for the American Indian population.
Health disparities among American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) people are vast, ranging from greater difficulties affording healthcare to poor maternity care access and high infant mortality rates.
Over the last five years, AHCCCS has incorporated HIE incentives into its differential adjusted payment (DAP) program, according to Melissa Kotrys, CEO of Contexture, the HIE that covers Arizona and Colorado.
“It started with...
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