By Samantha Scotti
As many states turn their attention to improving the quality of health care while also containing costs, coordinating patient care becomes a focus for many policymakers.
Effective care coordination includes organizing patient care so that their needs and preferences are at the center of their care model and are communicated to providers, including specialists, primary care physicians, and other health care professionals who work together.
In rural areas that struggle with recruiting and maintaining an adequate health care workforce, care coordination can help fill in the gaps, but establishing such a program can be a challenge.
NCSL’s webinar on Friday, July 17 at 1 p.m. EDT will highlight rural care coordination efforts and lessons learned in three states—Alabama, Colorado and Oregon.
Colorado’s Accountable Care Collaborative, the Medicaid primary health care program, strives to improve rural residents’ health through regional care collaborative organizations (RCCOs) that coordinate patient care in many rural areas in the state. Learn more about these state models of rural care coordination by tuning in to Friday’s webinar.
Learn more about the webinar and register.
Samantha Scotti is a research analyst covering health policy issues for NCSL.
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