This measure is important because outreach and screening of members new to Medicaid is one of VCCI’s priorities.
In effort to align with healthcare reform efforts and the system of care, the VCCI will be outreaching members new to Medicaid, screening for access to primary care, health conditions and social determinants of health. The goals are to 1) orient the member to the system of care to including navigation of services to health-related needs such as housing, food security and 2) onboarding members ahead of their anticipated future, ACO attribution to include facilitation of access to primary and dental care, and as needed, connection to community supports and resources.
Some constant barriers to screening include:
In response to COVID-19, VCCI suspended outreach to those new to our health plan with consideration of the following:
On June 3rd 2020 we resumed new to Medicaid outreach and caught up with the backlog in August 2020.
Narrative last updated: 12/02/2020