Minnesota HF255 establishes the Patient-Centered Care program to improve health outcomes and reduce costs by authorizing direct payments to health.

Minnesota HF255 creates the Patient-Centered Care program to achieve better health outcomes and reduce health care costs. The commissioner of human services will pay health care providers directly for services provided to medical assistance and MinnesotaCare enrollees. The program includes care coordination payments to licensed health care homes and primary care providers. It also authorizes grants to community health clinics and county-based purchasing plans to deliver care coordination services to underserved populations.

Minnesota HF255 establishes the Patient-Centered Care program to improve health outcomes and reduce costs by authorizing direct payments to health.

Minnesota HF255 creates the Patient-Centered Care program to achieve better health outcomes and reduce health care costs. The commissioner of human services will pay health care providers directly for services provided to medical assistance and MinnesotaCare enrollees. The program includes care coordination payments to licensed health care homes and primary care providers. It also authorizes grants to community health clinics and county-based purchasing plans to deliver care coordination services to underserved populations.