Health Care Innovation Awards Round Two: Ohio

Notes and Disclaimers:

• Projects shown may also be operating in other states (see the Geographic Reach)

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CHILDREN'S HOSPITALS AND RELATED INSTITUTIONS

Project Title: "Coordinating All Resources Effectively (CARE) for Children with Medical Complexity"
Geographic Reach: California, Colorado, Florida, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas
Estimated Funding Amount: $23,198,916

Summary:The National Association of Children's Hospitals and Related Institutions, Inc., part of Children's Hospital Association, in partnership with children's hospitals and National Institute for Children's Health Quality, is receiving an award to test Coordinating All Resources Effectively (CARE) for children with medical complexity (CMC), which aims to inform sustainable change in health care delivery through new payment models supporting improved care and reduced costs for CMC. The population of focus is CMC who have medical fragility and intense medical and coordination of care needs that are not well met by existing health care models. This model aims to improve care and reduce overall health care expenditures for CMC by 1) creating a medically-appropriate tiered system of care so that CMC of varying needs are cared for in the most appropriate settings to meet patient and family needs while lowering costs, 2) designing a payment system that will both sustain these programs and provide sufficient flexibility so that services will meet patient and family needs and 3) creating a learning system so that programs and payers across the country serving this population can rapidly learn from each other to improve care and design and implement effective payment models. At the center of the proposed care model are the principles of accessible, coordinated, continuous, compassionate and family centered care/shared decision making as articulated in the concept of the medical home, which has been associated with fewer hospitalizations, less emergency department use, better health, and lower costs of care.

UNIVERISTY HOSPITALS CASE MEDICAL CENTER

Project Title: "Evidence-Conformant Oncology Care"
Geographic Reach: Ohio
Estimated Funding Amount: $4,675,384

Summary: The University Hospitals Case Medical Center project will test a model to improve care for patients with complex cancer, including patients with late-stage disease, significant comorbidities, or demonstrated need for high health care utilization.  The model will test an intervention that includes (1) early palliative care consultation, including a psycho-social and symptom-based quality of life assessment,  (2) development and delivery of clear therapeutic and supportive plans of care to improve the communication among all the parties in the patient's care, (3) improved education and engagement of the patient and his/her family or caregiver, and (4) patient assignment to a quality navigator, who would follow the patient throughout his/her course of active disease treatment. In this model, the navigator will maintain a dialogue with the patient and the patient's entire medical care team to promote adherence to the patient's personal plan of care.

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