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Success Stories by Topic: Medicare and Medicaid
- Inter-Lakes Dental Clinic
July 2009
The clinic offered the full range of dental services, including
fillings, sealants, root canals, extractions, crowns, bridges, dentures,
cleanings, and checkups. Clients served by the clinic were of all
ages and income levels, although the project placed strong
emphasis on serving indigent patients covered by Medicaid or
Child/Family Health Plus.
- Samaritan North Lincoln Hospital Community Clinic
May 2009
The Samaritan North Lincoln Hospital Community Clinic was established to provide primary medical and preventive services for
low-income and uninsured residents.
- Serving the Working Poor, Retaining Health Care Providers, and Planning for Best Management Practices: The Challenges Met by a Network of Rural Health Care Providers
May 2009
The purpose of this project was to stabilize and sustain the
practices of three area providers who were vital to safeguarding the
health of residents.
- Torrance County Rural Outreach Initiative
May 2009
The Torrance County Rural Outreach Initiative targeted the
county’s two most vulnerable populations—children covered by
Medicaid and the uninsured.
- Arkansas Regional Quality Improvement Initiative
July 2007
The Arkansas RQI initiative is targeting quality improvement breakthroughs in four clinical areas: comprehensive diabetes care, cervical cancer screening, well-child visits, and preventive services for adults.
- Rhode Island Regional Quality Improvement Initiative
July 2007
The Rhode Island RQI initiative is aligning performance standards and financial incentives among the state’s health plans, purchasers, and providers. Using morbidity, cost, and prevalence data, stakeholders selected four chronic conditions for quality improvement: pediatric asthma, diabetes, coronary artery disease, and depression.
- Rochester New York Regional Quality Improvement Initiative
July 2007
The Rochester, New York (Monroe County) RQI initiative is working across payers to improve the quality of care provided to individuals with diabetes at the practice-site level.
- Dakota Prairie Community Action Agency Medicare Rx Plan
June 2007
In 2005 the Dakota Prairie Community Action Agency was able to provide outreach, information and assistance to elderly clients signing up for Medicare Prescription Drug Cards.
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