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California is home to over 175 community clinics and health centers (CCHCs) with over 1500 sites that vary widely in size. For example, in 2015, California had 51 CCHCs with over 27,000 patients, but nearly 30% of CCHCs served fewer than 5,000 patients, and roughly half had an annual budget under $11 million. California’s CCHCs…
JSI has been working with key stakeholders since 2011 to advance a Section 2703 State Plan Amendment and Health Homes program for high-risk Medi-Cal and dual eligible beneficiaries in California. As the initiative moves into implementation, we will provide on-going analysis of program elements; monitoring of implementation progress and distillation of challenges and best practices, and…
The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe has chosen JSI to conduct a feasibility study of Indian Health Service (IHS) services, including behavioral health, contract health and community based programs, to determine if tribal management of these programs is possible, feasible, and beneficial. This study will ensure that the Tribe is ready to begin to successfully take over…
We worked on the development of a project plan for the Integrated Delivery Network serving Region 5 of New Hampshire's Delivery System Reform Incentive Payment (DSRIP) program – CMS 1115 Medicaid Waiver for Health System Transformation. Our work involved the completion of a behavioral health needs assessment and development of project plans for integrated care,…
JSI plans to implement a system to measure consumer satisfaction with MA Department of Health, Bureau of Substance Abuse Services (BSAS) sponsored treatment programs including residential, acute treatment (detox), opioid treatment programs (typically methadone programs), and drivers alcohol education. Results from the satisfaction surveys, both quantitative and qualitative, will be aggregated for each individual program…
In partnership with the Wyoming Department of Health, JSI will conduct analysis and designation of Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSA), Medically Underserved Area (MUA), and Medically Underserved Population (MUP) for the Agency. The project leverages, and builds upon, the decades of directly relevant experience JSI has in the area of primary care access analysis, program…
JSI provided strategic planning services to Lahey Health Behavioral Services (LHBS) culminating in facilitation of a strategic planning retreat for its senior leadership team. In preparation for the retreat, JSI conducted key informant interviews with senior leadership and the next level of leadership to provide feedback on a range of current issues facing LHBS including…
The Massachusetts Employer Survey is critical to the Massachusetts Center for Health Information and Analysis's (CHIA) mission of monitoring the Massachusetts health care and health insurance systems, and providing reliable information and meaningful analysis for those seeking to improve health care quality, affordability, access, and outcomes. JSI and our collaborators at the National Opinion Research…
In Massachusetts (MA), older adults have the highest mortality rate and the second-highest hospitalization rate for asthma in the state. Black and Hispanic older adults have 3 times higher hospitalization rates for asthma than their White counterparts. In addition, Hispanic older adults have significantly higher asthma prevalence than Whites. JSI is providing research services to…
The Affordable Care Act has catalyzed both an expansion in insurance coverage. It has also promoted a national effort to move away from volume-based payment for health services and toward delivery system and payment models that promote value-based care that results in improved health outcomes, patient experience and per-capita costs. In California, health centers are…
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