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March 3: Save the Date for the March 2016 Enviromental Scan 2.0 Webinar
Environmental Scan 2.0 Webinar
This webinar will introduce the Healthy Outcomes Plan Environmental Scan Version 2.0, an update to the one disseminated in 2013. The Environmental Scan is provided to HOP programs as a tool to assist in health care planning, coordination and collaboration efforts aimed at improved access to care and better health outcomes for uninsured South Carolinians. The webinar will highlight Environmental Scan content, demonstrate scan interactivity and provide user guidance with helpful tips and sample applications.
Tuesday, March 8, 2016
11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
To Join: 1) Dial (800) 504-8071; Access Code: 772098
2) Web Login: https://cc.callinfo.com/r/1qzw02lhggvar&eom
Tuesday, March 15, 2016
2-3:30 p.m.
To Join: 1) Dial (800) 504-8071; Access Code: 772098
2) Web Login: https://cc.callinfo.com/r/1qzw02lhggvar&eom
Resources for webinar:
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October 23 Update:
SCDHHS has received and released the premlimary evalavation findings presented at the Sept. 24, 2015, HOP meeting. View the Measuring the Impact of the Healthy Outcomes Plan: Preliminary Evaluation presentation.
August 22 Update:
A short summary received from each HOP is now posted online. As a reminder, all of the orignal approved HOPs may also be found online.
August 19 Update:
Today, was the first HOP meeting in the new structure. The next meeting is scheduled for Monday, September 15.
August 1 Update:
Regular HOP monthly meetings will convene in Columbia beginning August 19. The setup of these monthly meetings will include small breakout sessions, called transformation teams, around particular subject areas. You may signup online to participate in these meetings and join a transformation team.
June 30 Update:
As of June 30, 2014, 7,952 participants were enrolled into a HOP.
May 30 Update:
SCDHHS hosts a HOP Executive Summit. Presentation's from today's HOP Summit are available online.
April 30 Update:
The HOP Vision Council holds inaugural meeting. The HOP Vision Council is a new governance structure that will advising SCDHHS on the HOP structure, monitoring the program for success, participate in and promote the HOP Executive Summit and make recommendations to SCDHHS on a DSH waiver. William (Tripp) Jennings, M.D., system vice president for Palmetto Health and medical director for SCDHHS, and Renee Romberger, vice president of community health policy and strategy for the Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System, will co-chair this effort.
February 3 Update:
South Carolina’s Healthy Outcomes Plan (HOP) initiative was featured on PBS Newshour, Monday, February 3, on South Carolina ETV. View the segment, In a state without Medicaid expansion, uninsured South Carolinians mind the gap,
January 31 Update:
In honor of Williamsburg Regional Hospital’s successful enrollment efforts for their Healthy Outcomes Plan (HOP), the South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (SCDHHS) and Senator J. Yancey McGill hosted a celebration recognizing the hospital as the first in South Carolina to enroll 100 percent of their program’s target population. Read more.
January 21 Update:
SCDHHS is extending the monthly reporting through March. January’s monthly report (Participant Population, PAM and GAIN) is due February 7. February's report is due March 7 and March's report is due April 11.
January 20 Update:
Congratulations, Williamsburg Regional Hospital! Healthy Outcomes Williamsburg is the first HOP to enroll 100% of their target population. The average enrollment for the state is 16%.
January 1 Update:
As a reminder, an updated Participant Population Demographics and Care Metrics Template went into effect January 1, 2014.
2013
October 21 Update:
Healthy Outcomes Plan (HOP) Patient Authorization templates are available on the Resources page. The South Carolina Hospital Association (SCHA) has provided both a standard HOP Patient Authorization and an Alternate Patient Authorization for those hospitals and providers who are subject to 42-CFR Part 2 (federal drug and alcohol confidentiality laws) or psychiatric behavioral health laws.
October 17 Update:
All Healthy Outcomes Plans (HOPs) are on the website.
October 11 Update:
Register now for a social determinants of health webinar, Preventing Avoidable Readmissions Together (PART), on Friday, October 18, from 10-11:30 a.m. Learn more.
October 1 Update:
Healthy Outcomes Plans go live today.
September 25 Update:
A sample Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) is available for those hospitals that need assistance in drafting a MOU. MOUs are due to SCDHHS by October 15, 2013.
September 24 Update:
SCDHHS has made available a list of all HOPs along with the contact information submitted on the plans.
September 10 Update:
The deadline for submitting Target Population lists is extended to Thursday, October 31. SCDHHS will provide a template and a secure way to submit this information. All HOP contacts will be notified via email as to how to do this. It will also be listed on the website.
September 3 Update:
SCDHHS is in receipt of HOP submissions, and pleased to report 100% participation from SC Medicaid-designated hospitals.
August 29 Update:
The Wel-vista PowerPoint presentation from the August 28 meeting is available online. Wel-vista is also a part of the HOP technical assistance team.
August 28 Update:
The Healthy Outcomes Plan Cover Page and Letter of Intent may be downloaded as separate files.
August 26 Update:
Healthy Outcomes Plans are due by 5 p.m. this Friday, August 30.
The Healthy Outcomes Plan is one of the largest process improvement efforts that Medicaid has undertaken to effectively integrate the Triple Aim into our delivery systems. Partnering with Federally Qualified Health Centers, Rural Health Clinics, free clinics and other primary care safety net providers serving the uninsured, hospitals can collaboratively build or expand models to improve health care value in South Carolina.
Through Proviso 33.34, funding is provided to develop local partnerships focusing our expertise on South Carolinians who are uninsured, chronically ill and over-utilizing hospital emergency rooms.
Providers have the opportunity to submit models based on their ideas and best practices to improve the coordination of care for this at-risk population; lower health care costs and facilitate the development of a high-performing and replicable system of care.
Healthy Outcomes Plan submission forms are due by 5 p.m. EST this Friday, August 30. You may email forms to innovations@scdhhs.gov or mail them to the attention of Healthy Outcomes Plan, SCDHHS, 1801 Main Street, Columbia, SC, 29201.
Please visit the Proviso 33.34 website or email innovations@scdhhs.gov for more information.
August 22 Update:
SCDHHS published selected Social and Cultural Determinants of Health Tools required of the participating hospitals. These tools are the Patient Activation Measure (PAM) and the Global Appraisal of Individual Needs–Short Screener (GAIN-SS) Version 3.
August 21 Update:
SCDHHS continues to add to its Frequently Asked Questions on the Proviso 33.34 Healthy Outcomes Plan website.
August 15 Update:
The release of the Social and Cultural Determinants of Health Tool is delayed until August 23, 2013. The delay provides SCDHHS with the opportunity to develop the best framework for capturing this information with the least disruption to the existing efforts of all stakeholders. This delay does not impact the application deadline nor should it be a factor in influencing the intervention approach proposed in the application.
