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Maryland's Primary Care Program: incremental progress or breakthrough?

The Health Policy Exchange

(CareFirst Blue Cross Blue Shield joined the program in 2020.) With 476 participating primary care practices, MDPCP provides prospective, non-visit based payments known as "care management fees" and operational support from a program management office and Care Transformation Organizations (CTO).

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How State and Local Agencies on Aging Help Older Adults: Susan DeMarois, Greg Olsen, and Lindsey Yourman

GeriPal

Started as a direct case manager, worked in a variety of different places including the state legislature and I’ve been with the state office now since 2006. I think it can be tempting to kind of silo it to, oh, that’s just aging and independent services. Eric: And Susan? You assess in a whole variety of different ways.