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MDCH Announces Third Implementation Forum for Michigan's Integrated Care Demonstration

For Immediate Release: December 19, 2013

LANSING – The Michigan Department of Community Health (MDCH) will be hosting the third public implementation forum on the state’s plan to integrate care for individuals who are dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid on January 28, 2014 in Kalamazoo. The event will be held from 10 a.m. to noon in the Arcadia Ballroom of the Radisson Plaza Hotel and Suites in downtown Kalamazoo. MDCH will also provide a conference line for interested stakeholders to participate by phone.

Through these forums, MDCH plans to share information about the status of the project and welcomes feedback from dually eligible individuals, their families, providers, and other interested organizations regarding the implementation process. These forums are being held on a quarterly basis and rotate locations amongst the four regions within the demonstration period. Previous forums have been held in Marquette and Dearborn.

Michigan’s Integrated Care Demonstration seeks to improve quality and access to care by more effectively aligning Medicare and Medicaid services and bridging the divide between physical health, long term care, and behavioral health systems. The demonstration will take a person-centered approach in all aspects of the new care system, and will focus on care coordination, providing access to home and community-based services, ensuring continuity of care during the transition to the new system, and supporting self-determination and choice for individuals. The demonstration will initially operate for three years.

The demonstration will be launched in four regions of the state: the entire Upper Peninsula; a region in the Southwest part of the state consisting of the following counties: Barry, Berrien, Branch, Calhoun, Cass, Kalamazoo, St. Joseph, and Van Buren; Macomb as a single county region; and Wayne as a single county region. Enrollment will be phased-in across the regions beginning in July 2014. Education, outreach, and enrollment activities will occur prior to that date.

For directions to the Radisson Plaza Hotel and Suites in Kalamazoo, call-in information, and other details regarding the quarterly forums, visit http://www.michigan.gov/mdch/0,4612,7-132-2939__2939__2939-259203--,00.html.

For interpreting services or other accommodations, contact the Integrated Care Division at (517) 241-4293 or INTEGRATEDCARE@michigan.gov.

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