MMCS Update Newsletter

Summer 2008 1.2 MB

• Regional meetings address many facets of health care
• Autism diagnosis requires careful observation
• National Practice Size Exploratory Project reveals patient care trends in Arkansas
• Medicaid EOB: Request process explained
• Navigating the Medicaid pharmacy Web site

Spring 2008 1.9 MB

• Arkansas Physician Quality Incentive: New program rewards physicians who improve care
• PROVIDER RELATIONS: BirthWait® program helps to
  manage high-risk pregnancies
• POLICY UPDATE: Navigating Arkansas’ foster care system: Program regulations, policies updated for SFY 2008
• RESULTS: EPSDT Pilot Clinic Awards presented to 44 Arkansas facilities
• REPORT: EPSDT Profile Report can help PCPs manage their caseloads

Winter 2008 1.1 M

• Medicaid leaders look back at decade-long
  partnership with MMCS
• MMCS Provider Relations: A provider’s resource for Medicaid
• Beneficiary Relations: Ensuring Arkansans on Medicaid get the care they need
• MMCS and HCQIP: Quality improvement is a team effort
• Success story: HCQIP diabetes project targets the “big three”
• PCP Profiling: Helping physicians track, analyze patient care
• It’s not just numbers: MMCS data analysis improves quality of care

Fall 2007 1.1 M

• Inpatient Quality Incentive rewards Arkansas hospitals
  for quality improvement
• QI UPDATE: Target patient compliance to control hypertension
• PROVIDER SPOTLIGHT: Improve care and increase
  reimbursement: Clinics can still sign up for EPSDT project
• REMINDERS: AM II enhances online caseload management
• For Your Information:Arkansas physician offices
  recognized for quality health care

Summer 2007 1.1 MB

• Arkansas Medicaid Information Interchange can help improve caseload management
• Arkansas to participate in Practice Size Exploratory Project
• Hope pediatrician stresses importance of EPSDT
• Medicaid to change foster care exam requirements: New rules will allow for quicker payment
• Kindergarten Roundup helps prepare for school registration

Spring 2007 1.4 MB

• New data show many medicaid beneficiaries are receiving better care
• Standardized tools are key to properly diagnosing ADHD
• State sees improvement in childhood immunizations, asthma care
• Arkansas Medicaid Information Interchange will offer online caseload facts
• Net service change: Help your patients continue to receive non-emergency transportation

Winter 2007 1.5 MB

• Medication management in elderly a challenge
• New billing codes for Women’s Health Waiver
• Diabetes profile can help your practice improve care and prepare for public reporting
• Keeping young Arkansans healthy: New program gives community leaders, physicians key roles
• New MMCS provider representative joins team