Ohio Medicaid Health Homes for Individuals with Serious and Persistent Mental Illness

Health Homes Overview

Leaders of Ohio's health and human services agencies believe that better care coordination can result in improved health outcomes while spending less of the taxpayer's dollars. Health homes aim to integrate physical and behavioral health care by offering and facilitating access to medical, behavioral and social services that are timely, of high quality and coordinated by an individualized care team. Ohio Medicaid teamed up with the Ohio Department of Mental Health to focus on creating health homes for individuals on Medicaid who have serious and persistent mental illness (SPMI).

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For updates and more information about health homes, our stakeholder process, informational forums and implementation, click here.

March 26, 2013 Update from Director Plouck on timeline for statewide launch.
Health Home Technical Assistance & Tranining Information Webinar
Health Home Technical Assistance & Training Information Webinar Recording
Health Home Children and Adolescent Case to Care Manager Training Registration Form
Health Home Adult Case to Care Manager Training Registration Form
January 30, 2013 Medicaid SPMI Health Homes Update
January 14, 2013 State Dialogue
Health Home Technical Assistance Events Calendar (January 2013 - June 2013)

What is a health home?

A health home is not a building; it is a coordinated, person-centered system of care. An individual who is eligible for health home services can obtain comprehensive medical, mental health and drug and/or alcohol addiction treatment, and social services that are coordinated by a team of health care professionals.

Ohio Medicaid Health Home Highlights

What specific health home services will be available for individuals with SPMI?

The following health home services will be available for individuals with serious and persistent mental illness:

  • Comprehensive Care Management
  • Care Coordination
  • Health Promotion
  • Comprehensive Transitional Care
  • Individual and Family Support
  • Referral to Community and Social Support Services

Why health homes?

Ohio Medicaid health homes for individuals with serious and persistent mental illness are designed to:

  • Improve care coordination
  • Improve integration of physical and behavioral health care
  • Improve health outcomes
  • Lower rates of hospital emergency department use
  • Reduce hospital admissions and readmissions
  • Decrease reliance on long term care facilities
  • Improve the experience of care and consumer quality of life
  • Reduce healthcare costs

Who will provide health home services to individuals with SPMI in Ohio?

Community behavioral health providers who meet state-defined requirements, including integration of primary and behavioral health care services, can qualify as health homes. Health home services will be provided by a team consisting of the following health care professionals:

  • Health Home Team Leader
  • Embedded Primary Care Clinician
  • Care Manager
  • Qualified Health Home Services Specialists

Who will be eligible for health home services in community behavioral health centers?

Adults and children who have Medicaid benefits and meet the State of Ohio definition of SPMI -- which includes adults with serious mental illness and children with serious emotional disturbance -- will be eligible for health home services in community behavioral health centers.

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